UNHCO Won the MPOWER Award for Enforcing Bans on Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship
Uganda National Health Consumers Organization Honored for its Comprehensive Advertising Bans at Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards for Global Tobacco Control UNHCO Wins MPOWER Award for Enforcing Bans on Tobacco Advertising Uganda National Health Consumers Organization (UNHCO), was honoured at an awards ceremony in South Africa during …
Police arrested shisha smokers and sellers
Police in Kampala has arrested Over 3 and closed shisha sellers shops for contravening the anti-tobacco act 2015 today, that banned smoking shisha and other toxic substances in Uganda. In the operation led by DR Akello from KCCA and CPS commander, several sellers were picked …
East African Court of Justice Stopped URA collecting Tax from BAT
Tobacco Control in Uganda suffered a set back in making tobacco products less affordable following East African Court accepting the application for an injunction against the Excise Duty (Amendment) Act 2017. When Tobacco products are more expensive, Uganda registers many health gains such as less …
The Uganda Tobacco Control Law
Intrested in reading the full copy of the Tobacco Control Law, please see it below. You can also download it. [pdf-embedder url=”https://tobaccocontrol.ug/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/pdfresizer.com_2016-10-11_13-25.pdf” title=”pdfresizer-com_2016-10-11_13-25″] …
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 …
KCCA and Uganda Police Inspect Businesses in Kampala for compliance to The Tobacco Control Law
Tobacco Control advocate agency Uganda National Health Consumers’ Organisation (UNHCO) conducted spot on health inspections, audits and sensitization exercises of businesses and business areas in the Kampala divisions of Nakawa, Rubaga, Kawempe, Makindye and Central area to support enforcement of the Tobacco Control Act for …
‘We are scared we will die soon’, Tobacco Workers.
Folarin Jakanola died from a sickness he developed from the working environment he was exposed to while working with British-American Tobacco, Nigeria. “We were exposed to the same environment and we are going through serious health problems. We are scared we will die soon.” “We …
Why the adult age under tobacco control is 21 years
By Elsa Zawedde Back Ground The Tobacco Control ACT defines a child as a person under the age of 21 years. The significance of this definition is that any person deemed a child is prohibited from growing, selling, harvesting and manufacturing or being involved in …