With lower tobacco control policies, Nigeria has become a hub for tobacco production in West Africa.
In Cape Town food policies locate food security as the responsibility of the provincial government.
The project aims to develop the leadership capacity of African researchers, policy advisers and practitioners for advancement in current climate knowledge, long-term adaptation, decision-making and climate action, and to improve science-policy-pra
This policy brief provides facts obtained from Ivory Coast’s country profile (2011 – 2016). The prevalence of smoking was estimated at 14.6% for both sexes. The tobacco industry is exempt from anti-advertising legislation.
The 2015 Survey of Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases in Benin (STEPS) indicates that smoking is declining significantly from 16% of adult smokers, in 2007 to 5% in 2015.
The share of tobacco products in the total tax revenue of the country is low. Niger does not produce cigarettes but raw leaf tobacco in the Maradi and Agadez regions.
There is no national survey on adult smoking in Burkina Faso. Data available on the consumption of tobacco products are based on divided groups’ studies that focus on a few large cities.