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COP7 vistas and the tobacco epidemic
The just-concluded seventh session of the conference of Parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [...]
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Scotland bans smoking in cars with children
A new law comes into force in Scotland on Monday banning smoking in cars when children are present, as part of the government’s plans for a [...]
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Minister of Health Reaffirms his Confidence in the National Tobacco Control Committee (NATOCC)
he Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has reaffirmed his confidence on the members of the National Tabaco Control Committee (NATOCC) as the [...]
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Abuja anti-tobacco billboard targets lawmakers
As Akinbode Oluwafemi, deputy executive director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) unveiled an anti-tobacco [...]
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Environmentalists Call for Support to hold Tobacco Companies liable for tobacco harms
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to participate in the seventh session of the conference of parties (COP7) meeting on the Framework [...]
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Nigeria: COP7 – Group Urges Measures to Hold Big Tobacco Liable
In early November, up to 179 countries will convene for the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties of the global tobacco treaty to take [...]
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87% of Nigerians Pledge Support for the Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places
Latest public opinion poll results released by NOIPolls Limited has revealed that 87 percent of Nigerians say they will support a policy to ban [...]
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Customs Seize Cigarette Declared As Millet In Lagos Port
Four containers of cigarette falsely declared as millet have been seized by the Nigerian Customs Service in a sea port in the nation’s commercial [...]
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NDLEA, security agencies clamp down on illegal cigarette dealers in Abia
No fewer than six major wholesalers of flavoured cigarettes in Aba, Abia State were arrested, following a raid by a combined team from the [...]
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Chewable tobacco major health threat, needs regulation:Doctors
New Delhi: Chewable tobacco is emerging as a major threat in India when it comes to causing cancer that affects 11 lakh people a year, top [...]
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