₦airaland Forum

TMKsouth:
It's tough out there. Nkosazana's ultimate goal is to make SA a 100% smoke free areas - even in homes. U know she's been battling tobacco companies ever since she was health minister back in the 90s.

Anyway, alcohol's not looking good either after yesterday. This is a tweet by EWN Eyewitness News.

TMKsouth:
For life dude.

TMKsouth:
The South African government is finalising a bill that will see the prohibition of all public smoking, according to Deputy Health Minister Dr Joe Paahla.

This will make it the first country on the continent to put in place 100% prohibition in public spaces.

Paahla was speaking at a virtual meeting hosted by Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Sunday, where tobacco control was discussed.

The meeting took place on a day marked by the World Health Organization (WHO) as World No Tobacco Day.

The deputy minister revealed that government is on the final stages of implementing legislation which will see the country move from a partial ban on public smoking to total prohibition.

“We’re finalising the Tobacco Control Bill to close the gap to protect the public from harmful effects of tobacco use. We continue to identify areas that need strengthening in terms of legislation. We want to change the 25% allowed smoking in public areas to 100% prohibition of smoking in public areas. The regulation of the electronic delivery systems and related products, we want to bring them into the fold so that they can also be controlled,” said Phaahla.

He says the past few years have seen a steady decline in lung-cancer deaths.

“Tobacco is a risk factor in coronary heart disease leading to what is commonly known as heart attacks. It causes several types of cancers, among them lung cancer,” he said.

The tobacco ban remains the right one. Of the 8 million deaths a year worldwide, 1.2 million of those are passive smokers."

GOVERNMENT HOLDS FIRM IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST TOBACCO

This comes just as the government is facing criticism over the continued ban on the sale of tobacco products under the national lockdown.

According to government, the continued ban on tobacco products is in place to safeguard public health amid the coronavirus pandemic, as smokers are more susceptible to displaying more severe symptoms of the coronavirus.

“This, in turn, increases strain on the public health system, by increasing the number of people who will need access to resources such as intensive care unit beds and ventilators."

South Africa has over 35,000 confirmed coronavirus cases.

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/government-finalising-total-ban-on-public-smoking/

IronGalaxy:
My man Bis

IronGalaxy:
lol, Can they be worse than Amolugefun Amokenji though?

Austine1213:
#PutSouthAfricansFirst the movement is growing

Herman Mashaba endorsed it,,,,, things willwill change

The ANCYL wanna hijack it n make it their own

Things will change,

Austine1213:
They are cause of our many problems

Austine1213:
The person is an illegal immigrant, they damaging our infrastructure

Thank got he has met his maker

naptu2:
Hahahahahahaha

You can't even answer the question!

TMKsouth:
I do. But I'm concerned that alcohol and tobacco related health issues are gonna use up the beds that should be catering for corona patients in hospitals. Already we don't have enough.

Trauma units are often flooded with alcohol related injuries over the weekends especially - fighting, car accidents, domestic violence.

We could have done without alcohol til next year dude when we done with corona

TMKsouth:
Congratulations to you!! I know you've been complaining bitterly.

TMKsouth:
Lol . They're back on Monday with the easing of the lockdown to Level 3.

naptu2:
So you don't even know the reason for my post??

I don't know if the person is South African or not, but the person implied that there was no rap music in Nigeria before 1990, which is false, so I posted a Nigerian rap song from 1981. Do you now understand?? So what's the relevance of your post to mine??

naptu2:
Then why did you quote me and post that video??

naptu2:
Are they a Nigerian group??

naptu2:
Ronnie (Ron Ekundayo) - The Way I Feel (1981)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekqyMBCPkG4




Emphasis - Which One You Dey (1991)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulv4yaA8UDg

Dextre:
This is what we call hot bs! Would you say Americans don't have the best rap because of the american factor. It's because we support our own unlike y'all. Your whole industry is filled with people that hate themselves and are jealous of each others success. Don't even get me started with the fans,fans are even worst. Nigerian artists even have sold out shows in your country, you gotta be high off a cheap weed to say you have the best sound. Which sound do you have? You don't have a sound at all. You do obvious and common genres of music,it's why y'all we always come second. But damn,we can argue all day,I know you wouldn't agree so just forget it.

psyco:
It seems South Africa is the only African country on their list, they just managed to include Nigeria