Showing posts with label FCTC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FCTC. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

PRESENTATION OF THE SHADOW REPORT ON STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FCTC ARTICLES 5.3, 6 AND 13 IN NIGERIA

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Environmentalists urge Jonathan to sign tobacco Bill

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President Goodluck Jonathan has been urged to sign the National Tobacco Control Bill (NTCB) into law. Speaking at the presentation of ...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

World Cancer Day: ERA/FoEN asks Jonathan to pass tobacco bill

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As the world marks the World Cancer Day commemorated February 4 annually, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth...
Friday, December 2, 2011

Sign Tobacco Control bill now, Mamora urges president

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Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, who  sponsored the National Tobacco Control Bill, said the country has a lot to benefit from the signing of ...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

New report exposes how tobacco companies undermine WHO health policy : Uruguay proposes resolution calling for unity in face of tobacco industry interference

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  A new investigative report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists   exposes a wide range of tactics employed by the ...
Monday, November 15, 2010

‘Tobacco-induced death on the rise worldwide’

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Deaths from diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDs and malaria are declining while those induced by tobacco consumption are on the increase...
Tuesday, October 5, 2010

ERA seeks passage of tobacco bill

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- BY MICHAEL ORIE THE Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) yesterday called on the National Assembly to pa...
Friday, May 28, 2010

Osun bans smoking in public

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By Collins Nweze The Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has commended the Osun State government for signin...
Monday, March 8, 2010

ERA pushes for passage of National Tobacco Bill

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By Collins Nweze The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has decried the delay by the National Assembly in t...
Friday, January 8, 2010

Reducing Tobacco-Related Deaths

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By Ozioma Ubabukoh African nations seem poised to undergo the highest increase in the rate of tobacco use among developing countries, and ne...
Saturday, December 19, 2009

Anti-smoking law: Only 1% of Nigerians are protected by smoke-free laws —Report

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By Waheed Bakare Only one per cent of Nigeria’s over 140 million people are protected by strong smoke-free laws, a new report released last...
Friday, October 30, 2009

Time to nail breast cancer

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By Olukorede Yishau Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu woke up one day and had no cause to feel anything was wrong with her. She felt great and natural...
Friday, October 23, 2009

African Lawyers Meet in Nairobi to Build Alliance for Tobacco Control Legislations

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Today, a Legal Workshop for Tobacco Control Lawyers in Africa opens in Nairobi, Kenya with over 50 lawyers from over 32 countries present. T...

Group urges National Assembly to pass tobacco control bill

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By Olukorede Yishau A non-governmental organisation, Environmental Rights Action (ERA), yesterday urged the National Assembly to pass the Na...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Osun House bans smoking in public places

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OSUN State House of Assembly has passed a bill prohibiting smoking in public places into law. While passing the bill into law, the Speaker, ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Nigeria Indeed Ratified the FCTC

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Contrary to the views expressed by Eze Eluchie questioning the status of Nigeria in relation to the FCTC, Nigeria surely ratified the FCTC. ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Nigeria's smoking habit

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Play in either Real OR Windows Media players Tobacco kills close to five million people yearly worldwide with over 70 percent of deaths occu...
Saturday, September 5, 2009

Researchers Call for Stronger Controls on Tobacco

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The debate over a new and wholistic national tobacco control laws in Nigeria have been the concern of Anti-Tobacco Control Advocates, Nigeri...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

Tobacco use kills 6 million annually

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by Joanne McCarthy Tobacco use kills an estimated six million people a year, and costs $500 billion annually, the 2009 edition of The Tobac...