MATCOH

MATCOH is a group of media professionals and practitioners dedicated to the fight against the proliferation, use and smuggling of tobacco and tobacco products.

[MATCOH @matcogh]

@markkusi45 @PrempehNanayaa Stop fooling

[MATCOH @matcogh]

Masa, stop this childishness

[Andy Dosty @AndyKDosty]

@PrempehNanayaa But Bro are u saying people don't have foreign currencies with them or just because one is politician automatically has stolen something? We shd be careful

[MATCOH @matcogh]

You are such a villager papa

[Philz @nakojo_akore]

@marcusadampah You’re always here insulting Dr Bawumia! Someone you’re unfit to clean his shoes. Someone with all your family images put together, cannot meet his image. Bcs of politics and divergence view over issues, u use Twitter to insult him each day, yet you expect us to vote for Mahama.

[Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa @S_OkudzetoAblak]

Human Rights Court dismisses Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng/Kwabena Adu Gyamfi’s application seeking to restrain me

The court held that his 2nd identity isn’t an alias but a deliberate separate identity

Another cost of GHS10,000 awarded against him

Truth shall always be vindicated🙏🏾

[MATCOH @matcogh]

@konkrumah We trust the minority health committee to give us a better story. This propaganda won't work on some of us

[Guinness World Records @GWR]

After reviewing all the footage, we're delighted to announce that Hilda Baci is the new record holder for the longest cooking marathon (individual) 💫

Watch the video to find out the official time we've awarded Hilda and read the full explanation below 👇

[JoyNews @JoyNewsOnTV]

Breaking!

The Office of the Special Prosecutor declares Charles Bissue wanted

#JoyNews

[MATCOH @matcogh]

Media Alliance in Tobacco Control and Health (MATCOH) joined the FDA & others to mark the World No Tobacco Day on the theme "We need food not Tobacco" at the St. Kizito Catholic School, Nima-Accra. MATCOH was duly rep by Project Officer - Derick BOTSYOE. #FoodNotTobacco #WNTD23

[MATCOH @matcogh]

Ahead of this years @WorldNoTobaccoDay celebration on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, the @valdghana is joining the @WHO, its partners and millions of people across the world to mark the Day 2022 in style at Bolga in the Upper East Region. @tobaccoexposed @quitsmoking

[MATCOH @matcogh]

In the 1970s and 1980s, 69 tobacco-growing countries, mainly in Asia and Africa, experienced fuelwood shortages from tobacco production3. This problem undoubtedly accelerated deforestation in those countries. @WorldNoTobaccoDay22 @valdghana @TobaccoExposed

[MATCOH @matcogh]

Article 18 of the WHO Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires parties to protect the environment and human health in respect of tobacco cultivation and transformation. @worldnotobaccoday22 @ExposeTobacco @QuitSmoking @valdghana

[MATCOH @matcogh]

World No Tobacco Day 2022 raises awareness about the environmental impact of tobacco in relation to its cultivation, production, distribution, and post-consumption waste. @worldnotobaccoday22 @exposetobacco @valdghana

[MATCOH @matcogh]

In addition to the challenge posed by tobacco use in achieving the SDG 3 (health and well-being), tobacco is also threatening Africa’s potential to achieve SDG 14 (life below water) and SDG 15 (life on land) through its impacts on the environment. @valdghana @WorldNoTobaccoDay22

[MATCOH @matcogh]

Over 80% of the 1.3 billion tobacco users worldwide live in low- and middle-income countries, where the burden of tobacco-related illness and death is heaviest #WorldNoTobaccoDay2022 @quitsmoking @valdghana #TobaccoExposed

[MATCOH @matcogh]

Commemorated under the theme, Tobacco: threat to our environment, this year’s World No Tobacco Day offers an opportunity for all Africans to come together and claim their right to a healthy environment #WNTD22 @valdghana

[MATCOH @matcogh]

Today is World No Tobacco Day. It is yet another opportunity to shed light on the tobacco burden @valdghana @WNTD22 @quitsmoking

[MATCOH @matcogh]

Dr Kwaku Abiem Danso is a renowned Leadership and Management Consultant of international repute. He is the Chief Executive Officer https://t.co/S66NO4aane

[MATCOH @matcogh]

Between 2007 and 2015,an estimated 2.4bn cigarettes were consumed annually in Ghana. This is according to a recent research on the Economics of Tobacco Control in Ghana @valdghana @CDCTobaccoFree @TobaccoFreeKids @ncd @ncdalliance

[MATCOH @matcogh]

In 2019,the cost, insurance and freight (CIF) value of all tobacco products imported was $124m. Cigarette alone constituted 90%. - A research on the Economics of Tobacco Control in Ghana has revealed @valdghana @NoCigSmuggling @GhanaNcd @ncdalliance

[MATCOH @matcogh]

Until 2012 when Ghana's public Health Act (Act 851)was passed there was no comprehensive legislation regulating tobacco use in the country - A research has revealed @valdghana @GhanaNcd @ncdalliance @stoptobacco2016