Groups write NBC, demand prohibition of smoking in BBNaija
The groups say since its inception, Big Brother Naija has been notorious for promoting smoking among housemates. 3 min read
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) on Friday wrote a petition to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) demanding the prohibition of smoking in the Big Brother Naija Season 6 which commences later this month.
CAPPA and NTCA in the letter titled Big Brother Naija Season 6: NBC Should Enforce Ban of Smoking in the Entertainment Sector, and addressed to Director General of the NBC, Babalola Shehu Ilelah, commended the agency for prohibiting nudity on the show.
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The advice came at a meeting of stakeholders in Lagos to commemorate this year’s World No Tobacco Day.
Experts said that the Nigerian government must incorporate tobacco cessation advice into primary healthcare services.
Dr Francis Fagbule of the University College Hospital (UCH), highlighted a recent secondary analysis of the 2012 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) conducted across Nigeria in an ongoing collaborative study between efako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) represented by Prof Lekan Ayo-Yusuf and UCH represented by Dr Fagbule.
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University’s (SMU) Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research ...
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