Showing posts with label ATCRI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ATCRI. Show all posts
Monday, March 26, 2012

Conference raises concern over fate of Tobacco Control Bill

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Many participants at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCOTH), which ended in Singapore at the weekend, are worried that several m...
Saturday, July 31, 2010

War against tobacco thickens in Nigeria

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- SEUN AKIOYE Tobacco control activists in Nigeria are calling for the passage of Nigeria Tobacco Control Bill sponsored by Senator Oloru...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Tobacco bill not dead, ERA replies Adedibu

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IMAOBONG UDOH THE Environmental Right Action (ERA) has faulted a statement credited to Senator Kamarudeen Adedibu that the National Tobacco ...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

'Anti-tobacco bill is still alive'

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By Michael Orie and Wole Oyebade ANTI-TOBACCO activists, under the aegis of Environmental Rights Action / Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/...
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Cancer: Cost and causes of a killer ailment

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By NIYI ODEBODE Until 2007 when she was admitted to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Comfort Adio was hale and hearty. Bef...
Sunday, January 31, 2010

Lung cancer patients who quit smoking live longer

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Nigerian Compass People with early lung cancer who quit smoking could double their chances of surviving, a new study says. Until now, there ...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Cigarette smoking: Easy path to ill-health, death

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EBENEZER EDOHASIM, Features Editor EVERY one knows that smoking hurts, it causes sickness, disability and death. But the harmful effects of ...
Friday, January 8, 2010

Reducing Cancer begins with supporting Tobacco Control Bill

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When news that former First Lady, Mrs. Maryam Babangida had died from ovarian cancer in far away United States (US) filtered through the air...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

State government takes tobacco companies to court

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- Odunayo Abiodun A joint suit filed by the Lagos State Government and the Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FO...