Showing posts with label WHO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WHO. 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...
Thursday, December 8, 2011

Environmental activists task Jonathan, legislators on tobacco bill

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THERE are fears that the National Tobacco Control Bill (NTCB) passed by the sixth session of the National Assembly (NA) about six months...
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...

Report accuses Big Tobacco of blocking treaty

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By Ben Ezeamalu Tobacco industry watchdog, Corporate Accountability International, and its allies, on Monday, released a report docume...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Preventing Tobacco Addiction Among Our Women

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The recently released statistics by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of an increasing global trend of women and girls who have taken to t...
Monday, May 31, 2010

Women losing the battle against tobacco use

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By Ben Ukwuoma AS the world marks this year’s World No Tobacco Day, the evidence of tobacco use among young females is increasing in many co...
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...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

State government takes tobacco companies to court

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- Odunayo Abiodun A joint suit filed by the Lagos State Government and the Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FO...
Friday, December 18, 2009

Revolutionary case against tobacco use in Nigeria

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- Alexander Chiejina …Tobacco control bill yet to be passed by National Assembly Without a doubt, the health, economic, social, and environ...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Nigerians smoke 93 million sticks of cigarettes yearly

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- Yekeen Nurudeen The World Health Organisation (WHO) also said that eight million people die yearly of tobacco-related diseases worldwide. ...
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...
Sunday, September 13, 2009

Cigarette smoke in carpet could affect babies

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WE'RE all aware of the dangers of second-hand smoke; only recently, a leading doctor said smoking should be banned in cars carrying chil...
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...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Do you watch your intake?

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Nigerian parliament debates tobacco restrictions

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New tobacco control legislation is being debated in the Nigerian parliament with strong backing from anti-tobacco groups and health organisa...
Monday, August 17, 2009

Nigeria Considers Tough Tobacco Control Legislation

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-Gilbert da Costa The Nigerian parliament is currently debating sweeping new tobacco control legislation in a bid to break the growing tobac...