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Data and evidence are critical in understanding how the tobacco industry is evolving.
Strengthening access to this evidence s key to informing the public and enabling effective responses to emerging industry strategies.
@TCDI_Africa
#TobaccoControl #TCDIKenya
#TCDIKenya gives us the evidence to ask the right questions: What’s working? Where are the gaps? And what needs to change? That’s how we can push for stronger #TobaccoControl & better enforcement.
@MOH_Kenya | @PublicHealthMoH | @DGateway | @csea_afric | @TCDI_Africa | @IILAinfo
STRENGTHENING TOBACCO CONTROL INITIATIVES
Stakeholders want tougher Tobacco law enforcement.
Parents urged to protect children from tobacco use.
#TV47NewsAt1 #StoryNiYetu
@Sheilarchela
#TCDIKenya can help turn data into stronger #TobaccoControl—exposing gaps, strengthening implementation & enforcement, and driving more effective action.
@MOH_Kenya | @DGateway | @csea_afric | @IILAinfo | @TCDI_Africa | @NACADAKenya | @KETCA254 | @scad | @AfricaNoTobacco
STRENGTHENING TOBACCO CONTROL INITIATIVES
Stakeholders want tougher Tobacco law enforcement.
Parents urged to protect children from tobacco use.
#TV47NewsAt1 #StoryNiYetu
@Sheilarchela
Data provides the evidence needed to make a stronger case for #TobaccoControl action.
It helps guide priorities and support evidence-informed reforms that can deliver measurable public health gains.
@MOH_Kenya | @DGateway | @csea_afric | @TCDI_Africa | @KETCA254
#TCDIKenya
TCDI Kenya Dashboard plays a key role in evidence based policy outcomes.
The dashboard is designed to make tobacco control data, research, policy developments, and monitoring indicators more accessible, actionable, and useful for evidence-informed decision-making.
#TCDIKenya
TCDI Kenya Dashboard plays a key role in evidence based policy outcomes.
The dashboard is designed to make tobacco control data, research, policy developments, and monitoring indicators more accessible, actionable, and useful for evidence-informed decision-making.
#TCDIKenya
Today, IILA, in partnership with @MOH_Kenya, @csea_afric and @DGateway, is convening the Stakeholder Engagement Forum on Tobacco Control in Kenya. Participants will examine credible data, taxation, research, policy implementation, and priorities for the 2026–2030 national strategy.
#TCDIKenya #TCDI #TobaccoControl
Tobacco taxation is therefore not only a revenue measure, but a powerful public health intervention that can make tobacco less affordable, reduce consumption and save lives.
#TCDIKenya
The evidence is compelling: findings from TETSiM show that a 50% increase in tobacco taxes could raise tobacco tax revenue to KES 42.7 billion while helping prevent an estimated 48,550 deaths.
#TCDIKenya
WHO estimates that tobacco kills more than 8 million people globally every year.
When a product causes this much preventable harm, the question is not whether we have evidence. We do. The question is whether we are willing to use it. #TCDIKenya
Tobacco is not an unavoidable public health problem.
We know what causes the harm. We know which policies reduce tobacco use. We know that higher taxes, advertising restrictions, smoke-free policies, health warnings & support to quit can reduce consumption.
#TCDIKenya
TOBACCO CONTROL
Stakeholder consultations on the Tobacco Control Data Initiative open in Nairobi, bringing together government agencies, researchers, CSOs, media and digital advocates to strengthen tobacco-control advocacy.
#KBCniYetu ^PM
The question is no longer whether tobacco harms people.
The question is how seriously we are willing to act on what we already know.
#TCDIKenya
.@KRACorporate has licensed three tobacco-product manufacturers and about 37 importers.
Tobacco taxes account for approximately 32% of the retail price, well below @WHO’s recommended 70%.
There's need for increased taxation on tobacco products.
#TCDIKenya #TobaccoTaxSavesLives
@IILAinfo @MOH_Kenya @DGateway @TCDI_Africa @csea_afric Tobacco control is about preventing addiction before it starts, protecting people from harm and making sure public health not tobacco profits drives policy. #TCDIKenya
So why should you care? Because this isn't only about smokers.
It's about the teenager who hasn't started yet, the person struggling to quit, the family exposed to smoke and the public money spent dealing with preventable illness
#TCDIKenya
Effective #TobaccoControl requires strong evidence and coordinated action.
Data helps identify gaps and inform stronger policies. Collaboration helps translate evidence into advocacy, & action.
Stronger data. Stronger collaboration. Stronger tobacco control.
#TCDIKenya
@DGateway @IILAinfo @MOH_Kenya @csea_afric @TCDI_Africa @NCDAllianceKe @KETCA254 The message is clear: protecting young people requires prevention, stronger enforcement, targeted interventions and accessible cessation support, especially for those most exposed.
#TCDIKenya
@MOH_Kenya @IILAinfo @KETCA254 With the way the industry keeps changing its products and strategies.
And tobacco industry interference remains a concern, with Kenya's Tobacco Industry Interference Index score increasing from 33/100 in 2019 to 39/100 in 2021
#TCDIKenya @TCDI_Africa @csea_afric
@DGateway @IILAinfo @MOH_Kenya @csea_afric @TCDI_Africa @NCDAllianceKe @KETCA254 The data also points to an opportunity for action.
45% of current adolescent tobacco users intended to quit within the next 12 months, with health being the leading reason.
#TCDIKenya
@DGateway @IILAinfo @MOH_Kenya @csea_afric @TCDI_Africa @NCDAllianceKe @KETCA254 There are also significant differences in current use: 3.3% among boys vs. 1.8% among girls, and 17.7% among out-of-school adolescents vs. 1.0% among those in school.
#TCDIKenya
Kenya has made progress in controlling tobacco.
There is a ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, tobacco products are taxed and health warnings are required.
But regulation cannot be a one-time achievement
#TCDIKENYA
@MOH_Kenya @IILAinfo @KETCA254
40% of young and adolescent people who were initiated into tobacco use were exposed to tobacco on TV, videos or movies.
Despite having well known health hazards, policies against tobacco advertisement are still not well enforced.
#TCDIKenya
@DGateway @IILAinfo @MOH_Kenya @csea_afric @TCDI_Africa @NCDAllianceKe @KETCA254 Exposure is another part of the picture.
The findings show that 40% of adolescents had seen tobacco use on TV, in videos or movies, while 22.3% reported second-hand smoke exposure at home.
#TCDIKenya
@IILAinfo @csea_afric @DGateway @KETCA254 @scadkenya @TCDI_Africa @MokayaKelvinOb @Morgan_ke1 @MOH_Kenya The question shouldn't only be:
“Is this better than smoking?”
We should also ask: “What happens when a whole new generation starts using nicotine?” We dont want to get there like fr....
#TCDIKenya
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