http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/country/cameroon.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://tobaccoreporter.com/home.php?id=498&art=3024 http://tobacco.org/news/296421.html A delegation from Société Industrielle de Tabacs du Cameroun (SITABAC) led by executive president, Dr. James Onobiono, visited the HongyunHonghe Tobacco Group in China's Yunnan Province on January 28 to discuss cigarette production co-operation, according to a Tobacco China Online story. Tobacco Reporter China Cameroon Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/01/12/doctor-benefits-smoking.html http://tobacco.org/news/295337.html A Quebec psychiatrist has sparked controversy with a new book that comes to the defence of smokers and even promotes some benefits of smoking. In Écrasons la cigarette, pas le fumeur, which translates as "Crush the cigarette, not the smoker," Dr. Jean-Jacques Bourque said there is too much pressure put on smokers to quit. In the book, to be released Wednesday, Bourque, a smoker himself, is critical of the warning labels that must be printed on tobacco packaging, saying they go too far. The former president of the province’s Association of Psychiatrists said smoking can be helpful for those suffering from deep depression. "Sometimes antidepressants aren’t enough — it is an individual approach for everyone," Bourque said in an interview with Radio-Canada. Bourque said the concerns about the dangers of second-hand smoke are overblown. "The idea that is promoted by the Quebec government, that second-hand smoke is more dangerous than the smoke inhaled by someone who is smoking, is completely off the rails," Bourque said. . . . Anti-smoking activists are calling the book irresponsible. "Smokers are indeed the victims here — they are the victims of an industry, of its products, they need to be made aware of the harms that smoking does," said Flory Doucas, co-director of the Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control. The decision to release the book right after the new year, when people are often trying to change their lifestyle for the better, is especially unfortunate, said Doucas. CBC News Cameroon Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Shaming smokers makes harder quit study claims/2417965/story.html http://tobacco.org/news/295308.html Years of anti-smoking laws and campaigns have amounted to a public shaming of smokers that could make it harder for them to quit, a group of UBC researchers argue in a new report. There is an "urgent" need for governments to revisit their anti-smoking policies, the academics say, suggesting that the stigma around smoking could lead to patients hiding their tobacco use from doctors, and feeling desperate about ever kicking the habit. The policies run counter to how other addictions are treated by the public-health field, they argue. "People are made to feel really, really bad about their smoking and are treated quite badly, but feel quite helpless in quitting," said Kirsten Bell, a medical anthropologist at the university and lead author of a paper just published on the issue. "They feel really negatively about themselves, but quitting seems like an impossibility. ... They're not really given much support." Montreal Gazette tblackwell@nationalpost.com (Tom Blackwell, National Post) Cameroon Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100104005530&newsLang=en http://tobacco.org/news/295088.html The Tobacco in Cameroon report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data (2002-2007), allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be the new legislative, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2012 illustrate how the market is set to change. Business Wire press@researchandmarkets.com Cameroon Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/city-could-repeal-its-smoking-bylaw/ http://tobacco.org/news/292138.html Four years after a city bylaw banned smoking in all public places, officials are calling on council to repeal the bylaw surrounding the prohibition. Bylaw manager John Taylor made the recommendation to council at its meeting Monday evening in light of the territory-wide 2008 Smoke Free Places Act. That legislation bans smoking in all public places throughout the territory. As Taylor explained to council, there’s confusion among residents about whether they call territorial or municipal officials when they see someone breaching the law. Repealing the city’s law would put it entirely in the territory’s hands. Whitehorse Star Cameroon Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thebramptonguardian.com/news/article/78896 http://tobacco.org/news/291534.html Peel Regional councillors say enacting legislation that protects residents in multi-unit apartment buildings from second-hand smoke is a step in the right direction. But when it comes to banning the practice outright, local politicians concede such a law would be hard to enforce. Peel Public Health presented a report to councillors today outlining possible steps the Region could take to curb the impact of tobacco smoke in apartments and condos. Dr. David Mowat, Peel’s medical officer of health, said the purpose of the document is to spark public debate and gauge council’s position on the matter. The report follows several complaints from apartment tenants in Peel about smoke drifting into their homes, Mowat said. Brampton Guardian cspartalis@thebramptonguardian.com (PETER CRISCIONE) Cameroon Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/10/11/higher-tobacco-taxes-could-save-115-million-lives http://tobacco.org/news/291073.html A study published in Nature Reviews Cancer of Canada, found that tripling tobacco taxes could deter new smokers, rapidly increase cessation rates, and save at least 115 million lives by 2050. The study findings also disclose that the other tobacco control measures such as public education campaigns, smoke-free laws, marketing bans and cessation treatments are also effective in reducing tobacco use. The study findings show that worldwide smoking causes approximately 5-6 million deaths per year, including 31% of all cancer deaths in middle-aged men and 6% of all cancer deaths in middle-aged women. Asian Tribune Cameroon Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.thepost.on.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1558718 http://tobacco.org/news/283608.html The front page of the Toronto Star on Monday said politicians in Georgina want to ban smoking at that town's soccer pitch. Apparently, players have complained about clouds of smoke at the games. Georgina is onto something, and hopefully that town can set an example for soccer fields and other outdoor places where kids play organized sports. . . . Let's use some common sense and move away from the sidelines when you must smoke at a children's sporting event or any other such occasion. Better yet, leave them at home and set an even better example. Hanover Post Cameroon Fri, 08 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.crtv.cm/cont/nouvelles/nouvelles_sol_fra.php?showSection=enviroment&idField=2630&table=noticias http://tobacco.org/news/279965.html Health ministers from African countries made a declaration on tobacco control in Africa the continent yesterday in Yaounde. A lot is still undone as regards tobacco control in Africa. Statistics indicate that 25 per cent of youths are tobacco consumers in Africa. Dr Luis Sambo, World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Director for Africa says tobacco users suffer from chronic diseases and the public at large deserves protection from secondary inhalation. That is why Ministers of health for the WHO Afro Region, during the occasion of the third meeting of the conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control holding, during the 58th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa, reaffirmed their commitment to control tobacco use in the region. In a statement, the 46 ministers of health of the WHO African Region stood together and recommitted themselves to take all actions Cameroon Radio Television infos@crtv.cm Cameroon Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cameroon-tribune.net/article.php?lang=Fr&oled=j05092008&idart=96048&olarch=j03092008 http://tobacco.org/news/270785.html Health ministers from African countries made a declaration on tobacco control in Africa the continent yesterday in Yaounde. A lot is still undone as regards tobacco control in Africa. Statistics indicate that 25 per cent of youths are tobacco consumers in Africa. Dr Luis Sambo, World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Director for Africa says tobacco users suffer from chronic diseases and the public at large deserves protection from secondary inhalation. That is why Ministers of health for the WHO Afro Region, during the occasion of the third meeting of the conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control holding, during the 58th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa, reaffirmed their commitment to control tobacco use in the region. Cameroon Tribune Africa Cameroon Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200803190782.html http://tobacco.org/news/261577.html About 44.82 per cent of students are exposed to tobacco. School environments are yet to become tobacco-free zones. This is why yesterday in Yaounde, the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Secondary Education, Catherine Abena, officially launched the national school competition on plastic arts under the theme "School free from tobacco, drugs and AIDS". The competition, which begins from March 26th in all secondary schools in the country, is aimed at helping students express their knowledge and ideas on tobacco and HIV through arts. The competition will not only render school premises free from tobacco, drugs and HIV but will enable the artistic works of students to be used as items to sensitise the school community against drugs and tobacco. Special prizes will be awarded to teachers who cease smoking. All-Africa.com Cameroon Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200707110904.html http://tobacco.org/news/249671.html Most billboards carrying tobacco publicity in Yaounde have been ragged. Be it from the Obili neighbourhood in Yaounde, passing through the Basic Education roundabout, to down town or the Bastos and Nlongkak roundabouts, one can not be indifferent to the absence of attractive billboards which use to carry publicity on tobacco. Messages and images on these billboards have been removed. This is in conformity with the law promulgated by the Head of State on 29 December 2006 on tobacco publicity. Article 39 of the law forbids publicity of tobacco in Cameroon and even the sponsorship of activities by tobacco firms. Parties concerned with the application and respect of the law are already at work. They have started by removing existing tobacco publicity banners in town. Many people seem not to understand what is happening. Some days back, many students at the University of Yaounde I where taken aback when they saw the large tobacco publicity banner around the university removed. . . . cigarette stands and other publicity tools used by tobacco firms such as umbrellas are still seen around town particularly with traders of tobacco. Experts say these things have to vanish. All-Africa.com Cameroon Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200507120724.html http://tobacco.org/news/201777.html If the government fully hearkens to the World Health Organisation, WHO, convention on tobacco control, then public smoking would eventually be banned in Cameroon. After Members of Parliament, MPs, adopted the bill to that effect on July 6, the onus now rests on government; how far it will go in implementing the provisions of the convention. The bill No 726/PJL/AN was to authorise the President of the Republic to ratify the WHO framework convention on tobacco control signed in Geneva on May 21, 2003. According to an explanatory note, the international community signed the convention after acknowledging that the consumption of tobacco is a global problem with serious public health consequences. All-Africa.com Cameroon Wed, 13 Jul 2005 04:00:00 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200506150475.html http://tobacco.org/news/199711.html Several cigarette distributors and traders in Douala, Bamenda and Bafoussam, are in a standoff with the multinational company, the British American Tobacco, BAT, headquartered in Yaounde.The dealers in cigarettes are accusing the company of having made false allegations against them, to the Minister of Economy and Finance, Polycarpe Abah Abah. The Post gathered that the General Manager of BAT Cameroun, Alain Schacher, had in a three-page document dated April 4, 2005, sent to the Minister of Economy and Finance, listed the names of some big business operators in cigarettes in some Provinces of the country, which BAT alleged, deal in contraband cigarettes. All-Africa.com Cameroon Tue, 14 Jun 2005 04:00:00 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200506030189.html http://tobacco.org/news/198825.html Five major points featured on the agenda of the National Advertisement Council which met in extraordinary session in Yaounde yesterday. Introducing into the law dispositions that will enable the council regulate advertisement on alcohol, tobacco and health; poor practices of some councils in the award of contracts on advertisements; illegal exercise by some economic actors of the profession of advertisement managers; examining the law of 29 July, 1989 on the organization and functioning of the National Advertisement Council and regulating newsworthy advertisements. Presided at by the Minister of Communication, Prof. Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo, members of the council set out to put order in the sector not only by rethinking the possible modifications that can be made to the law regulating the advertisement profession, but by ensuring, through the council's administrative structures, that actors in the business do not abuse the existing law. From the look of things, such rampant abuses had become excessive with advertisements in alcohol, tobacco and health. In order to better protect the population against health hazards that may come as a result of these activities, the council decided to put an end to it. This will be done by adapting the law in such a way as to pre-empt imminent disorders which can tarnish the image of Cameroon and eventually go against universal practices. All-Africa.com Cameroon Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:00:00 GMT