Smoking Will Be Banned Soon In Nigeria


   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?”

I bet someone has an answer to that question:

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