Nigeria and the rest of the world just staged activities to raise awareness on tobacco consumption and its effects on consumers. Leading the charge is the World Health Organisation (WHO) which, in its 8th report on the global tobacco epidemic, tracked the progress made by countries in tobacco control since 2008. The report presented data on electronic nicotine delivery systems, such as ‘e-cigarettes’ and stated that many countries are making progress in the fight against tobacco but some are not.
Globally, tobacco kills more than seven million people every year, of which more than six million are from direct tobacco use and almost 890,000 from exposure to second-hand smoke. About 80 per cent of the tobacco burden are from the low- and middle-income countries like Nigeria.
Article 6 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control which Nigeria ratified in 2005, and Section 43 of the National Tobacco Control Act 2015 require establishment of tax measures as one of the…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
