African Tobacco Control Consortium

The African Tobacco Control Consortium is a coalition of public health organizations focused on preventing a tobacco epidemic in Africa. The Consortium is coordinated by the American Cancer Society in partnership with the Africa Tobacco Control Regional Initiative (ATCRI), Africa Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA), Framework Convention Alliance (FCA), Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK), and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union). This five year project is funded primarily through a $7 million dollar grant awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 

As the coordinating organization of the coalition, the American Cancer Society will collaborate with consortium partners to implement an ambitious tobacco control program in sub-Saharan Africa. The overall goal will be to prevent and reduce tobacco use in these countries by implementing proven strategies at the national and local level. 

The consortium will:

• Assist national governments and civil society to implement policies such as advertising bans, tobacco tax increases, graphic warning labels, and the promotion of smoke free environments that are in line with the requirements of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the world’s first public health treaty;
• Advocate for further tobacco control resources in the region;
• Protect existing laws from tobacco industry efforts to overturn them and halt crucial progress;
• Conduct research to improve/inform future tobacco control work.

 For more information please contact ATCC staff at ATCC@cancer.org or visit www.africatobaccocontrol.org