One way to fill up your jails is to incarcerate people for minor offences, such as dropping litter, including cigarette butts.Read More
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A court challenge by tobacco manufacturers to regulations imposed in Kenya is aimed in part at a requirement that they contribute two percent of their revenues to a consolidated fund.Read More
The idea that non-filter cigarettes should be taxed at a higher rate than filtered cigarettes seems not to make sense since a filter can be removed.Read More
Are these the second most terrifying words ever uttered? Smokers should not fear coming forward; we will help them to change.Read More
What should a government – any government – do if its stated aim of using taxation to force smokers to quit comes into conflict with its less-well-advertised aim of increasing revenues?Read More
Electronic-cigarette retailers in Kenya are enjoying something of a sales boom as people who once smoked the now-banned shisha cast about for alternative products.Read More
The relevance of the results of a study of shisha smoking among Kenya’s students has probably been undermined by the banning of shisha in the country during the term of the study.Read More
Following the example set by Tanzania and Rwanda, Kenya has become the third East African country to ban shisha smoking.Read More
Although Kenya banned tobacco smoking in public places in 2007, activists say that not much has happened since to lighten the burden of tobacco-related diseases.Read More
The negative health consequences of tobacco use are said to be putting a strain on Kenya's efforts to achieve its development goals.Read More