Beyond cigarettes: Why Kenya can’t agree on vapes, pouches & smokeless options
Smoking kills around 12,000 Kenyans annually, and 2.3 million more remain hooked. Vapes and…
Burning issue: Kenyan smokers want to quit, will the law let them?
Nicotine activates reward pathways in the brain that influence motivation, pleasure, concentration and mood.…
Finance Bill 2026 targets tobacco taxes as WHO warns of rising youth nicotine addiction
Nicotine is highly addictive and particularly harmful to children and adolescents, with…
Kenya’s Tobacco Story: Strong laws, uneven protection
The law is clear: no smoking in public, no sales by the…
No Smoke, All Fire: How smokeless tobacco is stealing lives of rural youth
For Japheth Korir, smokeless tobacco has been more dangerous than cigarettes: chronic…
Dr Andrew Owuor: Helping smokers kick the habit starts with compassion, not criticism
Dr Andrew Owuor, a chest specialist and Acting Head of the Respiratory…
Slow Burn: How tobacco, cigarettes set the stage for deadly cancers
Cigarettes and tobacco products contain 17 well-known carcinogens, alongside other toxic compounds whose cancer-causing…
Hooked: The hidden mechanics of nicotine addiction and the journey to recovery
In this episode of Lifeline Dialogues, Dr Mercy Korir sits with Dr Mercy Karanja,…
Africa’s tobacco crisis demands smoke-free solutions, not ideological stalemates
To save its people from the unfolding tobacco crisis, Africa must move…
Harm Reduction Bill wants drug addicts to be treated as patients, not criminals
If the Bill becomes law, drug users will be entitled to subsidised…
