NIGERIA TOBACCO CONTROL BILL

A comprehensive law to regulate the manufacturing, advertising distribution and consumption of tobacco products in Nigeria. It is aimed at domesticating the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Anti-Tobacco Battle Pits Corporations Against Public Health

....Tobacco corporations threaten public health with lawsuits against anti-tobacco legislation. Lawsuits from major tobacco corporatio...

Jonathan-NASS cold war: President to return 12 bills

• Wants to avert override by National Assembly • House leadership to consider line of action next week The cold war between the Pres...

Friday, June 1, 2012

World unites against tobacco, US decries drug menace in Africa

COUNTRIES of the world yesterday united against tobacco and the industries, promising to save humanity from the myriad of health hazards...

National Tobacco Bill missing on Jonathan’s table

As Nigeria marks the World Tobacco Day today, the National Tobacco Bill which was passed to law by the sixth Senate on March 9, 2011 ha...

Senate tasks Jonathan on unsigned bills

Senate President, David Mark National Assembly has insisted that it will create agencies through legislation when necessary despite the ...

Nigerians at risk of looming tobacco epidemic

In recent times, the issue of uncontrolled tobacco use has continued to attract comments from public health experts globally. This is s...

UNSIGNED BILLS: Mark hits back at Jonathan

Senate President David Mark yesterday took on President Goodluck Jonathan over his failure to assent to some bills passed by the...

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