When Beverage Companies Pretend to Save the Planet
By Humphrey Ukeaja The sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) industry loves a good photograph. A group of people in bright shirts gather…
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World Lung Day: Protect Nigerians From Harm Reduction Scam
By Robert Egbe In May this year, I received an unusual mail. It was an invitation from a public…
Nigeria’s Health Financing: Lessons From Canada’s $32.5bn Tobacco Settlement
Image Credit: State House By Robert Egbe Nigeria’s decision to earmark SIN taxes – levies on alcohol,…
Vaping In Nigeria: Green Outside, Deadly Within
By Robert Egbe When, during the 1920s, the American public began to identify smoking as the cause of their persistent…
How Warning Labels Can Save Nigerians from Toxic Diets
By Humphrey Ukeaja Imagine walking through a busy Nigerian market, where brightly coloured food packages compete for your attention.…
Wanted Blueprint For Nigeria’s Waste Management Crisis
By Ogunlade Olamide and Esi-Ife Arogundade The fantasy that natural resources are inexhaustible and are always renewable despite the…
How Ultra-processed Food Industry Exploits Valentine’s Day
By Humphrey Ukeaja Love is in the air, or so we are told. Every February 14, as the world is…
Tobacco Industry’s Deadly, Discredited ‘Harm Reduction’ Trick
By Robert Egbe Despite the millions of people its products kill every year, and the thousands more whose health is…
As Nigeria Marks Int’l Day For Reducing CO2 Emissions
By Ogunlade Olamide and Esi-ife Arogundade As we step into a world increasingly defined by climate change extremes, the…
How Nigeria Can Make World Lung Day, World Heart Day Meaningful
By Robert Egbe Which habit is common to some men, women and sadly, minors, but damages the heart and lungs,…