The Federal Government says it will soon clamp down on those who sell cigarettes to minors and also enforce the prohibition of flavoured tobacco product, also known as shisha.
The Nigerian Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in partnership with the Tobacco Control Alliance, a network of civil society organisations, researchers and professionals in charge of tobacco control and public health in Nigeria, made the disclosure in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
The Programme Coordinator, Nigerian Tobacco Control Alliance, Oluseun Esan, explained that the move was aimed at preventing minors from consuming tobacco products.
Esan said, “It gladdened my heart when I heard about the enforcement of the National Tobacco Control Act of 2015 by the Consumer Protection Council, which started in Abuja months ago and has continued in Port Harcourt. Read more