Showing posts with label Adeola Akinremi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adeola Akinremi. 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...
Sunday, June 6, 2010

NASS, pass the Tobacco Control Bill

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I write, to call on the Senate Committee on health. led by Senator Iyabo Obasanjo Bello, and the leadership of the National Assembly, to mov...
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/...
Saturday, January 30, 2010

Tobacco control bill will safeguard health-C’ttee

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BY NASIR IMAM The new anti-tobacco bill, presently before the National Assembly, is meant to safeguard the health of Nigerians, the FCT Comm...
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 ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Group Calls for Quick Passage of Tobacco Bill

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Friday, October 23, 2009

African Lawyers Meet in Nairobi to Build Alliance for Tobacco Control Legislations

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Today, a Legal Workshop for Tobacco Control Lawyers in Africa opens in Nairobi, Kenya with over 50 lawyers from over 32 countries present. T...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Smokers more prone to developing tuberculosis

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Although, smoking per se does not cause the TB disease, experts warn that those infected with the bacteria run the greater risk of developin...
Friday, August 7, 2009

The continued fight to control smoking (2)

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- Emmanuel Ogala There is no up-to-date data showing how many Nigerians are smokers or how many die of tobacco related illnesses, but the fl...