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By Oluwarotimi Adebayo The war on tobacco must be total. It must be waged on all fronts and with the same precision that the tobacco industry deploys to addict our youths to tobacco and circumvent tobacco control policies. All true stakeholders must be involved in blocking loopholes that the industry exploits to carry on business
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By Hilda Ochefu The current pandemic (COVID-19) slowly sneaked into the world through Wuhan, China, late 2019 and then took us all by surprise. In January 2020, governments, corporations and organisations were very busy developing their strategies and fine-tuning what the year was going to look like and in their optimist predictions, never imagined that
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By Bernadette Chime In times of crisis, some corporations profit while others break. For the tobacco industry, the COVID-19 pandemic which has shut down many nations and crippled the global economy seems “a make or break opportunity”. In the last four months the industry has tried hard to brush aside the blame for the deaths
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Federal Government has commenced the implementation of increment on tobacco products. The Research Associate of Centre for the Study of Economies of Africa, Mma Amara Ekeruche disclosed at a media briefing organized by the Environmental Rights Action /Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN in Abuja. Ekeruche said that the increment of
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Winners have emerged in the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, Tobacco Control Rap Challenge.
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Owhor Greatman Adiela and Eluozo William Tobacco is obtained from one of the species of the cured leaves of a tobacco plant. Tobacco use can include the smoking of tobacco; inhaling the tobacco smoke consisting of particles and gaseous phases. It can be simplified as” taking tobacco smoke into the mouth and then releasing it
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The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance, NTCA, has said that its renewed campaign for the increase in tobacco price was to ensure that the country is at par with the World Health Organization, Who recommended level of 70 percent of retail price.
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The Nigeria Anti-Corruption Vanguard has called on the Board of Customs and Legal Department to halt the process of renewing import license for Orion Agro Industries Nigeria Limited, manufacturing cigarettes in Ilorin Kwara state, saying the firm is only looking for tax waiver.
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As the 8th National Assembly, NASS, winds down, the lawmakers have been urged to be on the side of the people by approving and ensuring full implementation of the National Tobacco Control, NTC, Act, 2015, a legacy they are leaving behind, which will be a benchmark for the quality of their interventions and their stand on matters of national importance in the last four years.
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AS tenure of the Eight session of the National Assembly is gradually coming to an end, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria, ERA/FoEN has told the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara to pass the draft National Tobacco Control Regulations Bill before leaving office.
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