At the 2017 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, the WBG, in collaboration with WHO organized a high-level event to […]

  By Zunda Chisa The economics of tobacco control is not a very widely known, let alone understood, field on the African continent. The average public […]

The June-July period was was a busy month for our Knowledge Hub with Dr. Hana Ross attending five international events over this period. You can read […]

By Johanna Dollerson (Communications Officer in the Department of Tobacco Control, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease). You can access the original article by clicking here. Don’t forget […]

Article by Helen Swingler. Photograph of Postdoctoral research fellow, Ernest Ngeh Tingum and Professor Corné van Walbeek taken by Robyn Walker. You can access the original […]

By Alfred Mukong The industry has in many instances strongly opposed several tobacco regulatory policies, especially the large increase in taxes. Opposition to excise tax is […]

Professor Corne van Walbeek was interviewed on SABC newsroom this morning about illicit trade in South Africa (and the reasons behind it). Below is the link […]

By Nicole Vellios  How do we evaluate whether estimates from national surveys are a true reflection of what people are consuming? One way is conduct a […]

By Laura Rossouw The rapid increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs), especially in low and middle income countries (LMICs), is proving to be a global crisis, with […]

By Zunda Chisa The significance of domestic revenue sources has been heightened by the need to find sustainable sources for financing the development agenda. Tobacco taxes […]