Studies have shown that smokers who get COVID-19 have a higher risk of getting more severe symptoms and even face the risk of dying. This is why, when COVID-19 cases started being recorded in Africa, the CTCA took a decision to support COVID-19 and tobacco awareness...
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across Africa, and corporates fund the government's COVID-19 response it has become increasing important to ensure that the media, who are reporting on the virus, are aware of the dangers of corporates that compromise public health...
Over the last two decades The Gambia has put together a good collection of laws that encourage tobacco control. It has enacted the Tobacco Control Act and issued the Tobacco Control Regulations. It has ratified the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco...