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THE STANDARD By Moses Nyamori | March 10th 2021 at 18:39:53 GMT +0300 A draft legislative proposal seeking to raise the minimum age for smoking tobacco from the current 18 to 21 has been submitted to Parliament. Africa Centre for Corrective and Preventive Action (ACCPA) wants both the National Assembly and the Senate to consider a proposed amendment to Tobacco Control. The proposal also seeks to ban the production, importation, sale and consumption of mentholated tobacco products. The proposal aims to discourage young people from taking up smoking or help them quit through progressive legislation. Should it get the backing of the MPs and subsequent enactment into law, Kenya would join the United Kingdom, USA, Chile, Canada, Ethiopia and Turkey that have legislation against the production and importation of tobacco products. ....