How to monitor the Tobacco Industry and enjoy a Tobacco FREE festive season
As we approach the festive season, the Tobacco Industry continues to illegally use the internet and online platforms to target users. We encourage Ugandans to monitor and help us report any cases of tobacco advertising during the festive season. Through use of target key words, …
Exposing Tobacco During the COVID-19 pandemic
What are the different ways we can monitor big tobacco tactics during the COVID-19 pandemic? The Africa Tobacco Control Alliance organized a webinar where different ways to expose the tobacco industry marketing tactics were shared. Here is the full webinar. …
Tobacco Control Committee Gathering and Journalist Awards.
The Tobacco Control Uganda initiative started in Uganda in 2003. This was during a time when a lot of Ugandans were in need of an established law against Tobacco. Public smoking was the order of the day, and the Tobacco Industry was flourishing in its …
Tobacco Death Days Activation in Jinja
As part of our drive to sensitize people an activity aimed at: Increasing knowledge of tobacco Control Promoting compliance for the Tobacco Control Act (TCA) 2015 and On the dangers of Tobacco use, we set out to organize death day’s events in the major towns of …
Central Region Smoke Free Public Place Award – Uganda
The Tobacco Control Act Sections 11, 12 and 13 stipulates that every person has a right to a Tobacco Smoke-Free Environment. It continues to state that a person shall not smoke in a public place, workplace or in any means of public transport. Tobacco Smoking …
Uganda’s School Going Children Targeted to Start Tobacco Use – Report
The infographic below is curated by the Uganda National health Users /Consumers’ organisation (UNHCO) report about the Tobacco Industry advertising and selling tobacco products in shops around schools. With emphasis from the African Tobacco Alliance, it has been concluded that the tobacco companies are targeting …
Uganda Government urged to raise tobacco tax
Tobacco haspassed the test of being the most toxic legal product which kills its users when used according to prescription. The Government of Uganda is urged by the Uganda Tobacco Control Coordination forum save lives by raising the tobacco tax, amending the Excise Duty Act, …
Uganda takes lead in African for Tobacco Control
This year, the day was held under the theme Get prepared for plain packaging. Plain packaging of tobacco products refers to measures that restrict or prohibit the use of logos, colors, brand images or promotional information on packaging other than brand names and product names …
Uganda Tobacco Control Advocates Position Statement to the Uganda Delegation on International Labour Organisation Tobacco Industry Relationship
The WHO FCTC in recognition that tobacco industry interference posses the single greatest threat to tobacco control efforts worldwide included Article 5.3 which reads; In setting and implementing their public health policies with respect to tobacco control, Parties shall act to protect these policies from …
Why a higher tax on cigarettes bears more gains than protecting local cigarette manufacturers?
In 2017 parliament of Uganda amended the excise duty Act no. 11 of 2014. The Excise duty (Amendment) no. 11 of 2017 in section 2 imposes different excise rates on locally and foreign made cigarettes (soft cap and Hinge lid). This amendment is a matter …