malele: The Federal Government, on Thursday, said smoking would soon be banned in the country as soon as the Anti-Tobacco Bill before the National Assembly was passed into law.
It also disclosed its readiness to convene a Universal Health Coverage to help boost strategies towards improving healthcare delivery.
Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, who spoke in Abuja, at a ministerial platform, insisted that the Federal Government could no longer condone smoking.
He asked rhetorically: “Why are you smoking? Why are you taking what will kill you? What benefit do you derive from smoking?”
Professor Chukwu listed his achievements in office in the last two years to include establishment of National Trauma Centres in the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital and the National Hospital, Abuja; completion of Federal Staff Hospital, Jabi, Abuja; completion of Laboratory and Administrative building of the Nigerian Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), Abuja, and rehabilitation and equipping of several teaching hospitals in the country.
The minster disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan increased funding for polio eradication to N4.7billion and made further commitment of N2.5billion this year with a Presidential Task Force on Polio Eradication constituted to help in the fight against the disease.
He said, “today in Nigeria, seven of our teaching hospitals can do kidney transplant. This month, we are expecting International Certification Team on the Elimination of Guinea Worm in Nigeria.”


http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/en/news/item/14317-smoking%E2%80%99ll-be-banned-soon-in-nigeria-fg.html

dannysteve99@ya:
Am nt a smoker,but it is impossible to stop it.Mayor indoor smoking ok. Beside Mr. minister u are mentioning ur labs,medical center all is in Abuja.Let me asked o ,is Abuja only the city in Nigeria?

Decryptor: If they ban it, it won't work. Rather than ban, they should impose a tax on tobacco by hiking the price. Instead of being sold for N10 per stick, it should go as high as N150 per stick. That will curb the rate of smoking in the country and also add more money to the pocket of the govt.

jackbauersballs: These guys must be mad...
I can understand if they want to ban indoor smoking, but smoking all together?

They must be mad

*aboki abeg gimme one White London there jare*

niytej: Oh-my-God!!! Is FG tryin' to kill mah bro? he smokes almost 2packs a day... Am sure he won't find it easy if FG finally do as said!!! Kai..God hav mercy oh

mufex: Nothing will ever stand between me and my cigar.
Cigar I love you,
Only you know what I have been through-
You cure my pain;
Thrust my sorrows down the drain.

Nothing will ever stand between me and my cigar,
When I am bored I've something to hold;
U warm my brain when it's cold,
Cleanse suicide thoughts from my head;
U r the best I've had...

Nothing will ever stand between me and my cigar,
Nothing will ever stand between me and my cigar;
(Nothing, Nothing, nothing...)
Nothing will ever stand between me and my cigar.