The Senate yesterday passed the Tobacco Control Bill. According to the deputy senate president Ike Ekweremadu who presided over the plenary session on Tuesday May 12th, the bill will ensure effective regulation and control of production, manufacture, sale, labeling, advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco and tobacco products in Nigeria.

The bill among other things specifies the places cigarette smokers could smoke and areas where smoking is forbidden and also the punishment to be meted out to defaulters when they smoke in non-designated areas. Culprits could get up to six months in jail

The bill states that owners of public places where smoking is not allowed will be penalized if they fail to put up a “no smoking sign” on their properties. The bill was sponsored by Delta state governor elect and Senate Committee on Health Chairman, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa. The bill now awaits the assent of President Jonathan.
http://naijainfocash.com/senate-passes-anti-tobacco-bill-culprits-could-get-up-to-6-months-jail-term/

It shud b ban totally

Eh he! It means i will no longer be a passive smoker in a short while. Goodnews for me, Bad news for some business.

Ewele!
E don be for me and my guys dem o.

kestolove95:
It shud b ban totally

seconded

Spot on.Total BAN pls .They shud ban Kerewa,ogidiga,ori malu,Orijin all those useless/toxic drink .drink Malt/wota and stay healthy

Na so e supos be since o

Crazy world

Barcanista, Agidi and severalsnake una don hear?
After smoking rubbish, they will come here and create tobacco controlled threads

wow

dat means somebody no go c Dorchester smoke again

anyway it's good i pray i get addicted to NO SMOKING

so help me God

Tnk God

I can nw go to club without the fear of having catarrh due to smoke.

Ok

i dont die






ab0ki give me London best

agarawu23:
seconded

I completely agree with you guys.

Good move

Taylor86:
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t for tot0

Nice.but na we dey drink d beer. I no concern them. naija no get law

smokers a viruses in the world. giving out carcinogens to the environment. i would prefer someone suffering from alcohol addiction cos' he only does the harm to him body n not everyone around him.

smokers are viruses in the world. giving out carcinogens to the environment. i would prefer someone suffering from alcohol addiction cos' he only does the harm to his body n not everyone around him.

The senate is somewhat active dis days, I hope it stays dis way....
Pple will definitely continue to smoke no matter what, buh atleast d bill will stop indiscriminate smoking..
Pple will neva willingly consume tinx dat will improve dia health.. Alcoholic drinks, hard drugs etc. don't nid advert....
d senate shud also clamp down on police and military officers dat are certified chain smokers...

Okay,Gud to know.No more icha go kwa anya!!!Kush tins

6 months is too small na....

Puting aminu out of business

There are other things that deserves urgent attention. These guys are good at chasing rats while the house is on fire.

eleko1:
Spot on.Total BAN pls .They shud ban Kerewa,ogidiga,ori malu,Orijin all those useless/toxic drink .drink Malk/wota and stay health

GBAGAUN!

E don b for sm guyz b dat o... I still dont understand Y sm ppl will choose 2 spend their money on smtin dat clearly state dat it will kill them. I wonder.

Bad news for good guys like me... E no go make sense to dey smoke inside my house... the friends u meet at a smoking joint will always be there for u...

ok

GboyegaD:
There are other things that deserves urgent attention. These guys are good at chasing rats while the house is on fire.

My problem is implementation.