Tobacco Control in Africa - TCA

About the situation in Ethiopia

An opinion piece published in Addis Fortune by public health lawyer Derejes Shimeles. The problem with the privatization and smuggling data provided by the industry.

About the new tobacco control law in Gabon

Gabonese advocate Thanguy NZUE OBAME has shared with us copies of the new tobacco control law, Loi 006/2013 enacted on August 21 2013, about the new tobacco control policies in Gabon ('portant instauration des mesures antitabac en République Gabonaise"). Below are a few immediate comments but a more complete analysis will take more time. Here is the post published on the FCTC site on November 13.

Electronic chips to track tobacco products in Kenya

Doug Bettcher mentions this use of electronic chips to track tobacco products and combat illicit trade in a interview with the Russian newspaper Gazeta.

BAT's illegal activities in South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon...

This article about BAT's illegal activities in South Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria.

Senegal: Methodological workshop on tobacco taxation in West Africa

The CRES has hosted in Dakar a three day workshop (February 22-24) on tobacco taxation in West Africa. Among the participants, Evan Blecher (ACS), Sylviane Ratte (Union), Ebeh Kodjo (ATCA), Noureiny Tcha Kondor (African Consortium), Greg Hallen (IDRC).

Blood cigarettes: cigarette smuggling and war economies in central and eastern Africa

A research paper by Kristof Titeca published in Tobacco Control Journal.

Malawi: a new tax on cigarettes to curb smuggling

From Afrique en ligne.

Cigarette smuggling into Ghana

CIGARETTE SMUGGLING INTO GHANA is an article by Issah Ali, Executive Director of Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), in the page 4 of the issue 88 of the FCA Bulletin (pdf) published sunday at the start of the INB3 conference in Geneva.

Nigeria: BAT's CEO against the FCTC guidelines

'Strict Regulation May Encourage Illegal Tobacco Trade' according to British American Tobacco's Chief Executive, Paul Adams. He has warned that important efforts by governments to reduce the health impact of tobacco could go badly wrong and give illegal and often irresponsible traders and importers of tobacco an avenue to make money, while putting lives at extreme risk.
Source: AllAfrica

Recent examples of smuggling between Namibia and South Africa

A truck full of cigarettes instead of waste paper. Cigarettes behind bags of charcoal and maybe the source in Zimbabwe where BAT has a factory.

Namibia: the Government intends to fight smuggling

As of this month, any business found with fake liquor or cigarettes should expect punishment from the long arm of the law, the Ministry of Finance has announced.
The ministry said it would remove and destroy stock of fake liquor or cigarettes from any business premises without any compensation to the business owner.
Source: AllAfrica