Why killer cigarettes are still around
The tobacco industry has been seeking since the 1950s to influence science by funding research that supports…
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Kenya: Parliament urged to uphold proposed taxes on nicotine…
National Assembly Finance and Planning Committee has been asked to either uphold or increase the proposed taxes…
Reject Tobacco ‘Giant’ Philip Morris’ COVID-19 Vaccine…
The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) has called on the government of Ghana through the Ministry of Health…
Social Justice in Public Health
February 20th is World Day of Social Justice. The UN General Assembly recognizes that “social development and…
Tobacco is an Economic and Public Health Threat – VALD
“The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the…
Benefits of Tobacco Taxation Reforms to National Development
Besides the negative public health and human capital impacts, the hiking dangers of tobacco-related…
Tobacco industry interfering in Nigerian govt policies…
The enforcement of the National Tobacco Control Act 2019 and the National Tobacco Control Regulations 2019 may be…
VALD launches 2021 Ghana Tobacco Industry Interference…
Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) - a non-governmental organization with special focus on advocating…
How BAT Conducted Potentially Illegal Activity to undermine…
Two new analyses of whistleblower documents and court records by the Tobacco Control Research Group at the…
How Ghana is Addressing Illegal Tobacco Trading
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has outlined measures it is taking to address illicit…
We must provide tobacco users the help they need to quit
The 2021 edition of World No Tobacco Day makes a special request to smokers; “Commit to Quit”. This message is…