Catherine O. Egbe
@drcathyegbe.bsky.social
Chief Specialist Scientist,
Mental health, Alcohol, Substance use & Tobacco Research Unit
South African Medical Research Council
Associate Professor: School of Public Health Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, & UCT
(https:\\www.catherineegbe.com)
Mental health, Alcohol, Substance use & Tobacco Research Unit
South African Medical Research Council
Associate Professor: School of Public Health Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, & UCT
(https:\\www.catherineegbe.com)
Read our latest paper titled
“Seven Years in Limbo and Counting: Pushing for a Comprehensive Regulation of Tobacco and Nicotine Products Amidst Industry Pushback in South Africa”
doi.org/10.1136/tc-202…#TobaccoControlo#IndustryInterferencece#SATobaccoControlBillll
“Seven Years in Limbo and Counting: Pushing for a Comprehensive Regulation of Tobacco and Nicotine Products Amidst Industry Pushback in South Africa”
doi.org/10.1136/tc-202…#TobaccoControlo#IndustryInterferencece#SATobaccoControlBillll
https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-202…
October 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Read our latest paper titled
“Seven Years in Limbo and Counting: Pushing for a Comprehensive Regulation of Tobacco and Nicotine Products Amidst Industry Pushback in South Africa”
doi.org/10.1136/tc-202…#TobaccoControlo#IndustryInterferencece#SATobaccoControlBillll
“Seven Years in Limbo and Counting: Pushing for a Comprehensive Regulation of Tobacco and Nicotine Products Amidst Industry Pushback in South Africa”
doi.org/10.1136/tc-202…#TobaccoControlo#IndustryInterferencece#SATobaccoControlBillll
Shared with the NYT why strong, water-tight wording in U.N. Health Goals on NCDs is essential to protecting vulnerable populations globally.
#NCDs #PublicHealthSaveLives
Read the article here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...
#NCDs #PublicHealthSaveLives
Read the article here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...
U.N. Health Goals Weakened by Industry Pressure, Experts Say
Public health advocates complained that the final recommendations on combating chronic illness removed calls for taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sweetened drinks.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Shared with the NYT why strong, water-tight wording in U.N. Health Goals on NCDs is essential to protecting vulnerable populations globally.
#NCDs #PublicHealthSaveLives
Read the article here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...
#NCDs #PublicHealthSaveLives
Read the article here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...
"The time for decisive action has arrived. It is incumbent upon all of us to reject tactics that perpetuate harm and support measures that secure the well-being of our nation. The science is settled. The need is urgent."
mg.co.za/thought-lead...
mg.co.za/thought-lead...
New law: Protecting South Africans from tobacco is no foreign agenda
Big tobacco companies are the foreign entities planting misinformation to keep South Africans addicted as they put profit over the health of the population
mg.co.za
June 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
"The time for decisive action has arrived. It is incumbent upon all of us to reject tactics that perpetuate harm and support measures that secure the well-being of our nation. The science is settled. The need is urgent."
mg.co.za/thought-lead...
mg.co.za/thought-lead...
As we celebrate #WorldNoTobaccoDay today, we highlight d tactics of d tobacco & e-cigarette industry keeping people addicted to their products. We call on govts to see them for what they truly are, harmful & nasty products made in sleek designs, coated & marketed with deception.
May 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
As we celebrate #WorldNoTobaccoDay today, we highlight d tactics of d tobacco & e-cigarette industry keeping people addicted to their products. We call on govts to see them for what they truly are, harmful & nasty products made in sleek designs, coated & marketed with deception.
In my latest blogpost celebrating World No Tobacco Day, I unmask a new tactic of the industry I have named "grooming". Read:
catherineegbe.com/2025/05/30/u...
catherineegbe.com/2025/05/30/u...
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.
catherineegbe.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:48 AM
In my latest blogpost celebrating World No Tobacco Day, I unmask a new tactic of the industry I have named "grooming". Read:
catherineegbe.com/2025/05/30/u...
catherineegbe.com/2025/05/30/u...
As we gear up towards marking World No Tobacco Day 2025...
#WorldNoTobaccoDay2025
#UnmaskingTheAppeal
#May31st
#WorldNoTobaccoDay2025
#UnmaskingTheAppeal
#May31st
May 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
As we gear up towards marking World No Tobacco Day 2025...
#WorldNoTobaccoDay2025
#UnmaskingTheAppeal
#May31st
#WorldNoTobaccoDay2025
#UnmaskingTheAppeal
#May31st
As the use of e-cigarette (vape) among school children in South Africa rages on, every delay in passing the Tobacco Control Bill is detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the nation both now and in the future.
Let’s Protect our Next!
Read kid's experiences 👇
www.goexpress.co.za/2025/03/27/p...
Let’s Protect our Next!
Read kid's experiences 👇
www.goexpress.co.za/2025/03/27/p...
Pupils becoming hooked early as vaping on rise - GO! & Express
Children as young as grade 4 diagnosed with addiction
www.goexpress.co.za
March 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
As the use of e-cigarette (vape) among school children in South Africa rages on, every delay in passing the Tobacco Control Bill is detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the nation both now and in the future.
Let’s Protect our Next!
Read kid's experiences 👇
www.goexpress.co.za/2025/03/27/p...
Let’s Protect our Next!
Read kid's experiences 👇
www.goexpress.co.za/2025/03/27/p...
Happy to have co-authored this commentary with other global experts in my field. It's indeed time 4 a step change in tobacco Control.
20th anniversary of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control coming into force: time for a step change in ambition-The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
20th anniversary of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control coming into force: time for a step change in ambition-The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
20th anniversary of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control coming into force: time for a step change in ambition
Feb 27, 2025, marks the 20th anniversary of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control (FCTC) coming into force. This legally binding international treaty, the first
negotiated by WHO, rapidly be...
www.thelancet.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Happy to have co-authored this commentary with other global experts in my field. It's indeed time 4 a step change in tobacco Control.
20th anniversary of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control coming into force: time for a step change in ambition-The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
20th anniversary of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control coming into force: time for a step change in ambition-The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A Gamechanger for Public Health 🚭
🔥 The FDA is proposing a groundbreaking rule to slash nicotine levels by 85%-95%—making them minimally or non-addictive!
Read more on my latest blogpost here👇
catherineegbe.com/2025/01/28/the…
🔥 The FDA is proposing a groundbreaking rule to slash nicotine levels by 85%-95%—making them minimally or non-addictive!
Read more on my latest blogpost here👇
catherineegbe.com/2025/01/28/the…
February 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A Gamechanger for Public Health 🚭
🔥 The FDA is proposing a groundbreaking rule to slash nicotine levels by 85%-95%—making them minimally or non-addictive!
Read more on my latest blogpost here👇
catherineegbe.com/2025/01/28/the…
🔥 The FDA is proposing a groundbreaking rule to slash nicotine levels by 85%-95%—making them minimally or non-addictive!
Read more on my latest blogpost here👇
catherineegbe.com/2025/01/28/the…
The e-cig gateway has two doors!
Read this:
#ecigarettes
#gatewayeffect
#ProtectOurNext
profglantz.com/2022/01/03/t...
Read this:
#ecigarettes
#gatewayeffect
#ProtectOurNext
profglantz.com/2022/01/03/t...
February 27, 2024 at 9:00 PM
The e-cig gateway has two doors!
Read this:
#ecigarettes
#gatewayeffect
#ProtectOurNext
profglantz.com/2022/01/03/t...
Read this:
#ecigarettes
#gatewayeffect
#ProtectOurNext
profglantz.com/2022/01/03/t...
February 27, 2024 at 7:58 PM