By Albert Allotey Accra, July 22, GNA – Civil society organisations (CSOs) led by the Vison for Accelerated Sustainable Development, Ghana (VAST-Ghana), have called on the government to maintain the ...

Low-and-middle income countries continue to face a growing burden of morbidity and mortality attributable to the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and of sugar sweetened beverages (SSB). In 2017 ...

A seemingly small change to a federal law that has regulated some firearms for more than 80 years could be an open door for ...

"Some degree of taxation on tobacco is common in many countries, and while we are starting to see progress on alcohol taxes, there is much more governments should be doing – in both high and low ...

Revenues from wholesale taxes on both tobacco and alcohol rose so far in 2021, following big increases in 2020 ... when revenues from the alcohol tax were 35% higher than the same period ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on Nigeria and other member countries to implement a 50 per cent increase in the prices of sugary drinks, ...