The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD-Ghana), a civil society organisation has held the Ghana’s edition of the Global Alcohol Policy Series to rally stakeholders’ support for the adoption of the National Alcohol Policy for sustainable development. The lack of alcohol regulations has been identified as a contributing factor to the…
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) as part of this year’s World No-Tobacco Day-2021 (WNTD) celebration, is intensifying its anti-tobacco smoking public education campaign in schools, marketplaces and transport terminals.
The education aims to sensitize the public on the need to quit smoking and the associated health benefits of not smoking.
The year-long campaign, under the theme, ‘Commit to quit’, according to the FDA, would advocate for strong tobacco cessation policies, promote increased access to cessation services, raise awareness of tobacco industry tactics and empower tobacco users to make successful attempts to quit smoking through ‘quit and win initiatives’.