On October 11 2016, the conference room of the John 23 centre in Mvolye – Yaoundé, hosted a workshop on tobacco control in Cameroon. The workshop had 30 participants made up of leaders of organizations of the civil society, journalists and stakeholders, as well as members of the anti tobacco multi-sectoral committee. The workshop informed participants on the merits of getting Graphic Health Warnings on tobacco packs, the prohibition of all forms of advertising, and the denunciation of interference of the tobacco industry in effective tobacco control in Cameroon.
The following were discussed in the workshop:
-The implementation of the WHO FCTC in Cameroon;
-The importance of adopting Graphic Health Warnings;
-The importance of a TAPS Ban;
-Interference of the tobacco industry;
-Results of the Tobacco Industry Accountability (TIA) project
-Illegal advertising of BAT through billboards sponsored by the Inter-employers Group of Cameroun (GICAM) in September.
At the end of the meeting, participants took a commitment to support the coalition in its tobacco control fight, and advocacy for the adoption of regulations on graphic health warnings, as well as a TAPS ban, and even the national anti tobacco law.
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