Should we introduce classes on tobacco control in our schools as early as possible?
November 29th 2018: Tobacco control lessons should not only be introduced in our curriculum, but also examined as a mainstream subject. This will help cut down on the increasing numbers of our teenage sons and daughters who first start smoking tobacco products before graduating to hard drugs.
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Nigeria: How Smoking Increases Your Risk Of Lung Cancer
November 13, 2018: Haruna, 45, grew up in a neighbourhood where smoking is a common practice for men. He said he never made any effort to quit smoking till 2013 when he lost his father and a close friend to lung cancer. He added that quitting was not easy for him but he struggled through to ensure that he didn’t worsen the respiratory problems he already had or increase his risk of lung cancer.
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Kenya: Anti-Tobacco Lobby Decries Shisha Ban Enforcement Hitch
November 13, 2018: Lack of coordination between county and national government is hampering enforcement of the shisha ban, Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance has said. Chairman Joel Gitali now wants tobacco control entrenched in community policing to allow members of the public help in monitoring and intelligence.
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Ghana: Tobacco products to bear pictorial health warnings from November 1
October 23, 2018: The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has announced that effective November 1 2018, all tobacco and tobacco products in Ghana will bear Pictorial Health Warnings (PHW) with emissions and constituents on their packages.
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