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Tobacco smoking: For the graphic health warning policy, delay is dangerous

The decision of the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) to call out SmokeBoxNG and DaSmokeHub, two popular tobacco vendors for marketing tobacco products on social...

Michael Simire - June 30, 2022

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Paediatricians seek renewed collaboration for tobacco-free environment

The Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) has called on Nigerians to support and promote a healthy, tobacco-free environment for the optimal growth and development...

Michael Simire - May 31, 2022

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Groups urge govt to enforce smoke-free public places policy

Some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have called on the Federal Government to reinvigorate the enforcement of the smoke-free public places policy and the ban on...

Michael Simire - May 30, 2022

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Now that the Tobacco Control Fund has been operationalised

Philip Jakpor of the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) in this treatise that explores the gains that will accrue to the nation...

admin - April 20, 2022

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CAPPA, groups demand enforcement of tobacco graphic health warning policy

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, called on the Health Ministry, and all relevant law enforcement agencies...

Michael Simire - March 18, 2022

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Smoking and Nollywood’s responsibility to Nigerian youths

A frightening spate of butchery in Nigeria linked to ritual killings has ignited a fierce national debate on the role of Nollywood, Nigeria’s film...

Michael Simire - February 20, 2022

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MDA collaboration, key to enforcing tobacco graphic health warning policy

The December 8, 2021, sensitisation and enforcement exercise on the new graphic health warning policy on tobacco products marked a new day in Nigeria’s...

Michael Simire - January 24, 2022

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