He said this on Tuesday in Abuja, at a media conference to announce the January 2022 Consumer Price Index (CPI).
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World Health Organisation says overall global tobacco use reduced from 1.397 billion in 2000 to 1.337 billion in 2018 or by approximately 60 million people.
Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of State for Health, said this on Wednesday in Abuja at a public awareness forum on the dangers of tobacco consumption.
The association said that the implementation of the policy would have negative effects on the industry as many might not be able to break even.
They told the News Agency of Nigeria in separate interviews in Lagos that an increase in prices of alcohols and tobacco would curb its sales and its consumption by addicts.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls on Sunday that the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, in March announced that the president had granted a grace period of 90 days to manufacturers of the products.
The Director-General Babatunde Irukera, said this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja.
The President has also granted a grace period of 90 days to all manufacturers before the commencement of the new excise duty regime.
The Senate’s decision was sequel to a motion sponsored by Senator Remi Tinubu, who raised concern over deliberate ploy by tobacco companies to position tobacco adverts and signs within 100 meters of schools to stimulate children
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, disclosed this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council on Wednesday.
The Director-General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan, gave the assessment ahead of World No Tobacco Day, marked annually on May 31, and which targets the threats tobacco poses to global development worldwide
Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu assuring on the importance of making Nigeria smoke-free and reducing the smoking prevalence in the country, there is still no law to this effect