Celebrating tobacco control Uganda champions, our heroes
This Friday, 7th of June, it was a joy to recognize and appreciate the heroes who have advocated against tobacco use in Uganda. Uganda National Health Consumer’s Organization (UNHCO) awarded Tobacco Control champions who have been instrumental in the milestones of protecting Uganda from the …
Women and Tobacco Related Diseases, a Comic Story – Part 2
The comic strips continue with Daphne Bisoboka setting up an appointment with the Doctor so as to get medical results on her health condition. Incase you missed part 1, you can find it here. …
The smoke FREE public place awards | Success Story
The Tobacco Control Acts stipulates that smoking in public places and 50 meters of it is prohibited. The aim of the Smoke FREE public place awards was to recognize those places which have complied with this regulation in the Tobacco Control Act. How the Smoke …
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 …
Why smoking is a woman’s worst enemy
The growing trend of women smoking is a concern to health experts. Charles Baguma, a coordinator at Uganda Health Communication Alliance, says according to a Global Youth Tobacco Survey done five years ago by the Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa, young females have overtaken …
Government should ratify protocol to end trade in tobacco products
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) bust a Shs3b cigarette smuggling racket following a tip off from their intelligence officers. The tax body on April 8, 2018 intercepted a brand new Toyota Premio at Kalerwe, a Kampala suburb on Gayaza Road and this would later lead them …
18 Arrested for Selling Shisha in Kampala Operation
The Uganda Police has arrested eighteen people suspected of involvement in the sale of Shisha in various Entertainment hangouts in the Capital, Kampala. Shisha smoking, also called hookah, narghile, water pipe or hubble bubble smoking, is a way of tobacco smoking, sometimes mixed with fruit …