On "World No Tobacco Day" Deputy Commissioner Reasi issued an order to ban the sale, consumption, and possession of all tobacco products in the holy town of Katra base camp of the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it is desirous of a tobacco-free Nigeria and for its products to be completely banned in the nation. The Country Representative to Nigeria, Dr Walter Mulombo, said this on Friday in Abuja at a news conference to commemorate the 2024 World No Tobacco Day
The guidelines - launched to safeguard minors and youth from tobacco addiction - also stress the need to take proactive measures to eliminate tobacco vendors wi
With nearly 8 million deaths worldwide each year from the tobacco pandemic, it is one of the largest risks to public health that the world has ever faced.