diseases are non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke. The
world's leading preventable cause of death claiming the lives
of 6 million people each is tobacco use which is a slow, but
more often than not, sure killer.
Several efforts have been made since 2012 in this current
administration particularly by the President to get a Tobacco
Control bill passed. Most significant is the setup of a three-
man ministerial team led by the Hon. Minister of Health and
charged with the task of drafting an executive bill.
However, despite public utterances in May & July 2013 both
by the President and the Hon. Minister of Health, Prof.
Onyebuchi Chukwu assuring on the importance of making
Nigeria smoke-free and reducing the smoking prevalence in
the country, there is still no law to this effect.
Tobacco Control Nigeria is a policy change and public health
campaign project using Social Media to advance tobacco
control and support the passage of a comprehensive domestic
Tobacco Control (TC) law compliant with the World Health
Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
(FCTC), to which Nigeria is a signatory. As part of the
project, we have launched an online petition to encourage the
Honourable Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu in his
commitment and quest to pass the comprehensive Tobacco
Control for Legislature in Nigeria. The petition can be signed
on
http://tobaccoctrl.ng/petition-to-the-health-minister/
The TobaccoCtrl petition is in conjunction with Social
Responsibility Manager
For more information about this campaign project, please visit
Website: http://tobaccoctrl.ng/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TobaccoCtrl
Twitter: www.twitter.com/TobaccoCtrl
Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+TobaccoctrlNg
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If you would like more information about the Tobacco
Control Nigeria campaign; please send an email to
info@tobaccoctrl.ng or visit www.tobaccoctrl.ng
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