The West Africa Regional Workshop of the Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) in Accra , Ghana has thrown up new tobacco control groups in the sub-region with deep passion to strongly push for public health safety through the instrument of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

The emerging groups from Sierra Leone and Liberia are Community Action Development Programmes and Services (CADEPS), Action for Development (Sierra Leone) National Council for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (Sierra Leone), Community Development Outreach, Inc (Liberia).

Other emerging groups are Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), Ghana, and Network for Community Planning and Development (Ghana) among others.

The Sierra Leonean and Liberian groups appeared poised for a big battle with the tobacco multinationals as they already team up for cross country campaigns.

Sierra Leone has not signed nor ratified the FCTC, while its counterpart country Liberia had signed but not ratified.