Joseph Magero

In November this year, governments from across the world will gather in Geneva for COP11, the global meeting of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). For Africa, the stakes could not be higher. …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
As governments across Africa scramble to regulate the fast-evolving landscape of nicotine consumption, one pressing threat looms large on the horizon: the rise of illicit trade in vaping products. While policymakers often act intending …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
It is 2025, and once again Africa has a unique opportunity to pivot toward innovation and adopt lessons from Sweden’s successful cessation model to combat its smoking epidemic. Sweden recently became the first smoke-free …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
Africa faces a critical juncture in its fight against tobacco smoking as the 2025 global target of a 30% relative reduction in tobacco use looms. While the continent has made strides in implementing tobacco …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
As Zambia contemplates the future of smoking cessation and tobacco control with the proposed bill, the Swedish model serves as a powerful example of how harm reduction can be leveraged to achieve lasting health …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
The proposals relating to vapes and oral nicotine pouches will, if passed into law, have severe unintended consequences that will unnecessarily put the lives of thousands of Kenyans at risk. Smokers will be denied …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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