With the theme Tobacco Free Africa: An urgent call for joint action, the aim of the conference is to bring together all the tobacco control actors on the continent. The conference will run over four days from September 27 until 30. Over the four days, there...
Reducing tobacco use in a country is only possible if a government has a plan on how they can tackle this problem. For governments, this means that they need a National Tobacco Control Programme, or an NTCP. An NTCP has four main purposes. It helps to prioritise...
Article 5.3 of the World Health Organisations Framework Convention on Tobacco Control clearly sets out the rules of engagement that governments need to abide by in relation to the tobacco industry. The article was established to ensure that the tobacco industry has no...