Tobacco Control in Africa - TCA

WHO engages African parliamentarians in Lusaka

Here the presentation of the meeting that took place on June 27.

A study of tobacco farmers in Zambia, Kenya and Malawi

Here.

Zambia: ITC report: Zambia needs to increase tobacco prices and anti-tobacco campaigns

Read the ITC press release. A report released today at a World No Tobacco Day event in Lusaka, Zambia, reveals that Zambia needs to address key gaps in its tobacco control policies in order to combat the increasing tobacco epidemic in Africa.  The report, entitled “ITC Zambia National Report: Findings from the Wave 1 (2012) Survey” was produced by the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (the ITC Project), centered at the University of Waterloo, in partnership with the University of Zambia and the Zambian Ministry of Health. 

ACS commitment to Africa

The  American Cancer Society at a side meeting during the  15th WCTOH held in Singapore commended its Africans partners for their dedication and commitment to save millions of lives.

Source: Africa Tobacco Control Consortium Newsletter (text and picture)

Zambia: consensus meeting on the new tobacco control bill

Antitobacco advocates, government officials and representatives of the tobacco industry participated in a 2 day consensus meeting about the new tobacco control bill.

Source: Zambia Daily Mail, article by Darlington Mwendabai

Zambia: the government against the implementation of the FCTC

It looks like they signed it to lobby from the "inside" against the implementation of the FCTC treaty.

Source: The Zambian Chronicle

Zimbabwe: Tobacco Farms in Ruins

Eight years after controversial land seizures, the country’s once-thriving industry continues to decline.
Source: Institute for War & Peace Reporting

BAT launches a youth smoking "prevention" campaign in Zambia while the Government considers smoke-free public places

Zambia is considering smoke-free public and congratulating BAT for organizing a campaign intending to incite youth under 18 not to smoke.
Source: AllAfrica , Times of Zambia

Zambia prohibits smoking in public places

Smokers will risk jail terms (souce Zambia Times).