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On December 30, 2016, the President of the Gambia assented to the tobacco control bill that was passed by the National Assembly on December 20, 2016.  CTCA would like to join other partners to congratulate the government of the Gambia and all the tobacco control...

CTCA is set to convene a regional tobacco control meeting that will provide a platform for African governments under its program support and TC pivotal actors to harmonize understanding on Tobacco Control response and strategies for Africa.  The meeting to be held in...

  The National Assembly of the Gambia on the afternoon of Tuesday December 20, 2016 enacted the Tobacco Control Bill, 2016 into law. This comes with a sigh relief to the tobacco control community which has worked tirelessly for the last three years to bring this...

Niamey, December 7, 2016  The Director General   of Health Services for the Ministry of Health in  Niger, Dr. Yaroh Asma Gali has hailed the CTCA’s efforts aimed at supporting Niger to implement the various aspects of the tobacco control law.     Dr. Yaroh Asma was...

Kampala, November 10, 2016 Tobacco control advocates in Uganda have condemned the tactics by the Tobacco Industry to interfere with the 7th Conference of Parties, that is under way in India this week, 7-12, November, 2016. The Advocates under their umbrella of the...

Banjul, October 28, 2016:  The president of the Islamic Republic of the Gambia,  Sheikh Professor Alhagi Dr. Yahya A, J.J. Jameh has  called for the expeditious passing of the tobacco control bill, and promised  to assent to it as soon as  the National Assembly passes...

The 7th session of the Conference of Parties (COP 7)  is set to take place in India, Delhi,  from 7-12 November 2016.  The COP  is the most important global anti-tobacco conference, and holds regular sessions at two-year intervals under the auspices of  the WHO.   The...