braine:


It's you who should educate yourself and receive sense.

Cigarettes are legal but are not promoted. Have you ever seen a cigar advert?

Benson, St morizt ,Aspen all have bill board ads.

Even tv ads,... come back to Earth and see for yourself.

make i co download am

KayDEAN:
Anybody who goes into smoking because of music videos has a very weak, timid and confused mind. Smoking is not really bad but it's a decision that can ruin your life if done without moderation. I personally smoke a lot of marijuana and can't say my life is falling apart, I won't advise my jnr bro to, but if he does, I'll respect that he does it in moderation.

It should be given serious thoughts before starting, not after seeing a music video

But you are a fool if u inhale Benson

gbayi eyan yi...one love

KayDEAN:
Anybody who goes into smoking because of music videos has a very weak, timid and confused mind. Smoking is not really bad but it's a decision that can ruin your life if done without moderation. I personally smoke a lot of marijuana and can't say my life is falling apart, I won't advise my jnr bro to, but if he does, I'll respect that he does it in moderation.

It should be given serious thoughts before starting, not after seeing a music video

But you are a fool if u inhale Benson

Why Benson? What's wrong with Benson?

buchhogonzalez:



Why Benson? What's wrong with Benson?

I mean cigarettes

FG no go kill us

Lemme go an download this video self and watch...

Fg is no get small sense

chennySman:
Is there a way this message can reach the federal government? If yes, please help me tell them that it shall not be well with whoever that came up with this idea amongst them.
So that means they also used to watch all these songs and they pretend they don't.
Non of them has ever talked about a song where singers advised them to change from the bad people that they are to be good. But if someone does something that seems not go well with one of them they will be saying nonsense. I'm saying it again, it shall not be well with whichever members of the Nigerian government that came up with this idea to use the law against OLAMIDE.

The video wasn't banned.

Read the tweets properly. It's just a warning to the public. More like "hey don't watch this video, it's bad".

The op is just an over-zealous blogger.

buchhogonzalez:
Lemme go an download this video self and watch...

Just download Naija Jam Alert app on your phone. The app allows you watch, listen and download new music videos and songs.

Download Link => https://www.getjar.com/categories/entertainment-apps/more/Naija-Jam-Alert-932345

Thank me later

*The app is for ANDROID phones only.

wo!! ministry of health e ma lo sebi ogoro

KayDEAN:
Anybody who goes into smoking because of music videos has a very weak, timid and confused mind. Smoking is not really bad but it's a decision that can ruin your life if done without moderation. I personally smoke a lot of marijuana and can't say my life is falling apart, I won't advise my jnr bro to, but if he does, I'll respect that he does it in moderation.

It should be given serious thoughts before starting, not after seeing a music video

But you are a fool if u inhale Benson

na only benson? Rothmans nko?

wo!

does it make any difference....those who will smoke will still smoke

braine:


It's you who should educate yourself and receive sense.

Cigarettes are legal but are not promoted. Have you ever seen a cigar advert?

@MrStanleyNwabia: You, @yemialadee @Iceprincezamani @olamide_YBNL & @DONJAZZY all campaigned for Buhari in 2015. Leave God out of this & confront Buhari. https://twitter.com/MI_Abaga/status/897804755606614017

Na wetin concern dem?bad belle people

correctguy101:


Benson, St morizt ,Aspen all have bill board ads.

Even tv ads,... come back to Earth and see for yourself.

In Nigeria?? Please I want to see it.

E be like say dix FG people dey craze abi, ban wetin

They can ban a song dat promotes smoking but can't ban d company dat produces it.

oya wo

make I go download sef

So The fedral govt. is trying to inform the public that only olamide has potray this act amongst Nigerian artirts? but why always olamide? I think they got an extra eye on him, this will be making it the 4th ban now. They are just partial nd its not fair enof. But the guy dey blow dey go, dem even help promote the jam sef, Buhari go don dey vibe on the song now sef.

The International Ban On Tobacco Advertisement

Adverts for alcohol and tobacco products were a regular feature on Nigerian prime time television in the 1970s, ‘80s and early 1990s. The most amazing and lavish adverts were usually tobacco and alcohol adverts. There was the Marlboro Man (Marlboro Country), the dancing Gold de Kanterbrau beer mugs, Fela yelling “Cigar Target o, na wa", etc. Most of the beer commercials had beautiful women and cars and you’d wonder if they were advertising the women and cars (because they were even more prominent in the adverts than the drinks and cigarettes that were being advertised).

Then in 1990 the government banned smoking in public, banned the sale of tobacco and alcohol products within 1,000 metres from schools and also banned advertisement of alcohol and tobacco products on radio and TV before 9 o’clock (see the Tobacco Control Act 1990). Then the ban on TV advertisements was extended to 10 o’clock later in the 1990s and cigarette companies were forced to include warnings on cigarette packs.

The tobacco companies responded with vigorous indirect advertising campaigns.

Rothmans sponsored the English Premier League show on the NTA Network. They didn’t show any cigarettes, but you could see the Rothmans logo all through the show and the Rothmans song was played at the beginning and the end. This allowed them to show their logo on national TV at 4pm (before 10pm) because they were not actually showing any cigarette adverts. They also sponsored the UK Top 20 countdown on radio (hosted by Dr Fox). This show was syndicated on radio stations across the country and it was aired on Saturday afternoons.

Benson & Hedges invested heavily in the music industry in the 1990s. They created a record label in the early 1990s and signed Onyeka Onwenu to the label. They also staged a series of concerts from 1993-1999 that were called Benson & Hedges Golden Tones (the 1996 edition was called “Loud In Lagos” ). These concerts and songs did not feature any cigarettes, but they were branded in Benson & Hedges’ gold colour and featured the B&H logo. This allowed Benson & Hedges to evade the advert ban.

Other brands also engaged in indirect advertisement. John Player Gold Leaf staged the most popular dancing competition in the early 1980s and they also sponsored a tennis competition.

Many non-governmental organisations campaigned against these practices. They believed that tobacco companies were spending huge sums of money on advertisement in developing countries because their ability to advertise in the developed world had been greatly limited. For example, cigarette adverts had been banned from TV in the UK since the 1960s, adverts that showed people smoking had been banned since 1986 and television adverts of other forms of tobacco products were banned in 1991. The UK’s “Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002” bans the advertising of tobacco products to the public except on the premises of specialist tobacconists (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/36/contents ).

In South Africa, the Tobacco Products Control Amendment Act (which was passed in 1999) bans all advertising and promotion of tobacco products, including sponsorship and free distribution of tobacco products.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Products_Control_Act,_1993


In France all forms of advertisement and promotion of tobacco products (including sponsorship of music concerts and sports events) are banned. The only exception is for motorsports events that are held in other countries in which tobacco advertisements are not banned (these events can be shown on TV). http://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/country/france/summary

More importantly, activists felt that these new forms of advertisement were deliberately targeting teenagers who were less able to make informed decisions about whether they should smoke or not, in order to get them addicted so that they would become lifetime customers of the cigarette companies. This is because teenagers are more susceptible to the influence of music stars and sports programmes. Teenagers want to be "cool" like music and sports stars, so if a musician or sports star is seen smoking or endorsing smoking, then the teenager would think that smoking is cool (without considering the very harmful effects of smoking and its addictive properties).


The BBC World Service did a documentary about these practices in the early 2000s. They attended a Rothmans concert in Tanzania and discovered that teenagers also attended the concert (in which cigarette packs were given to the audience). They also discovered that cigarettes were easily accessible to teens in Africa because they were being sold by the stick (which makes them cheaper) despite the pledge made by tobacco companies to prohibit such sales.

Nigerian medical doctor and poet, Dr Tony Marinho campaigned vigorously that the Federal Government should ban all forms of tobacco advertisements (including outdoor billboards and indirect advertisements). He appeared on several radio and TV stations (including the NTA, Rhythm FM and the BBC World Service) to talk about the addictive and harmful effects of smoking. He also wrote anti-tobacco poems and petitioned the National Assembly. He also talked about the harmful effects of second hand smoke and called for the government to enforce the 1990 ban on smoking in public places.

The World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which came into effect on 27 February 2005, requires that all of the 168 countries that agreed to the treaty ban tobacco advertising unless their constitution forbade it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHO_Framework_Convention_on_Tobacco_Control ). Nigeria ratified the treaty on October 20th, 2005. The National Assembly has also passed several laws which restrict the advertisement and sale of tobacco products, e.g. the National Tobacco Control Act 2015 (https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/files/live/Nigeria/Nigeria%20-%20TCA%20-%20national.pdf ). Over 40 civil society groups attended the public hearing on the National Tobacco Control Bill 2009 and they urged the National Assembly to ban smoking in public places (to limit second hand smoke) and advertisement and promotions by tobacco companies.