Nigerians consume 20bn cigarettes sticks annually
Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said 20 billion sticks of cigarettes are consumed in the country annually, nothing that delay in passing the National Tobacco Control Regulations 2018, currently before the National Assembly, will open the nation to massive health catastrophe.
He spoke at an interactive session organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Delegated Legislation, Thursday in Abuja, adding that as custodian of the health of Nigerians, the ministry in concert with relevant government agencies formulated the NTC Regulations as a legal framework for effective implementation of the National Tobacco Control Act, 2015
This is just as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, promised that the House will throw its weight behind the nation’s tobacco control efforts through speedy passage of the draft National Tobacco Control Regulations