By Joseph Magero, chairman of Campaign for Safer Alternatives (CASA) The quadrupling of fees for tax excise stamps on some products spells more bad news for Kenyan consumers already struggling a soaring cost of living. These increases, revealed on January 17 in an announcement by the Kenya Revenue Authority…
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As alternatives to cigarettes have grown in popularity, the misconceptions about them seem to have increased accordingly. It may be only natural that any innovation is initially greeted with a level of misunderstanding and even suspicion. But when early false…
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There’s a seriously unhealthy synergy between our Treasury’s tax policy architects and our health department when it comes to non-combustible nicotine products. Our health department slavishly follows the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) hotly contested shooting down of everything nicotine, while…
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The traffic is at a stand-still on the Yaba-Maryland expressway in Lagos. In the humid 34 degrees celsius weather typical of Lagos State, Tunde calls over a vendor for a cold bottle of his favourite soda (referred to as soft…
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A Call for Human Rights in Tobacco Harm Reduction: Open Letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights The Foundation for Consumer Freedom Advancement (FCFA) is proud to join hands with a coalition of organizations dedicated to promoting a sensible…
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The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, during the public presentation of the 2022 budget in the first week of January, said that they introduced the new sugar tax to raise excise duties and revenues for health-related…
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