Tobacco smoking - Dr. Catherine O. Egbe

May 30, 2025

Unmasking the appeal: exposing the tactics of the tobacco and nicotine industry

May 31st every year is set aside to remind the world of the devastating impact of tobacco on humankind and to have a conversation about what we all can do to bring an end to the tobacco epidemic.

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…