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Tobacco consumption has been a contentious issue for decades, given that the substance is one of the major causes of terminal ailments. This was why the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) labeled tobacco use as …
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Nearly 80 percent of the world’s one billion smokers live in low and middle-income countries. According to data culled from the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco consumption is prevalent in Africa, as one in every five African adolescents uses tobacco. …
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The Federal Government has imposed a sugar tax of N10 per liter on all non-alcoholic, carbonated, and sweetened beverages in the country. This charge is one of the new policies included in the Finance Act, which President Muhammadu Buhari signed …
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South Africa has entered a far too familiar terrain with its ban on tobacco. Unfortunately, this journey the government has embarked on is doomed. Placing a statewide prohibition on goods that are mutually exchanged often leaves sour marks on the …
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