South Africa was once a leader in tobacco use control but has since fallen behind, and smoking prevalence has steadily increased.
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In places around the world that lack restrictions to combat the problem, tobacco companies are using marketing strategies aimed at children, like displaying tobacco products at kids’ eye level.
The proposed standard would lower the nicotine content in cigarettes and cigars by 95% – a public health proposal that could prevent millions from becoming smokers in the first place.
Australia has won a decisive victory against tobacco interests using trade deals to challenge plain packaging laws. But don’t expect that to deter similar threats against other nations.
With the advent of novel tobacco products and the tobacco industry falsely marketing them as less harmful, the adage “prevention is better than cure” has never been more important.
The study found that ex-smokers had four times the amount of “normal” protective cells than smokers.
Ghana is the latest country in Africa to mandate the use of pictures on cigarette packages to convey health warnings.
Top contributors
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Lecturer in Intellectual Property and Human Rights, University of Technology Sydney
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Specialist Scientist, Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Associate Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
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Phd Candidate, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
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Professor of Respiratory Medicine, UCL
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Head of Cancer, Ageing and Somatic Mutation, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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Research Officer, Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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Researcher in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor of Public Health Sciences and Psychiatry, Penn State
