Tobacco Control - Dr. Catherine O. Egbe

February 14, 2025

Smoking and Heart Disease: Don’t break your heart

Happy Valentine’s Day, to you and your loved ones! In most parts of the world, February 14 and the month of February is dedicated to love. It is a wonderful opportunity to remember that we need to take care of our hearts and the hearts of our loved ones and…

January 28, 2025

The FDA proposed ruling on reduced nicotine content on some tobacco products may become a gamechanger for global tobacco control

(7mins read) By Catherine Egbe, PhD What is nicotine? Nicotine is the addictive drug which keeps people smoking tobacco (like cigarettes) and nicotine (like electronic cigarettes) products. It is a naturally occurring chemical in the tobacco plant but can now be produced in the laboratory (synthetic nicotine). Nicotine from tobacco…

September 24, 2024

Is Tobacco Smoking a Part of Our Heritage?

Introduction Among traditional and indigenous communities in many parts of the world, the tobacco plant is regarded as a sacred crop used for medicinal purposes, for rituals and during traditional ceremonies.[i] For centuries, the use of the tobacco plant was an intricate part of diverse cultures and tobacco was seen…