• WHO: Governments must shield young people from manipulative tendencies of tobacco firms
• CAPPA welcomes NFVCB advocacy, wants ban on tobacco promotion extended to digital media
• ‘Over five million young Nigerians at risk of addiction, cancer’
• ‘75% of global deaths occurring in developing countries’
As Nigeria joins the rest of the global community to mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed its concerns over the harmful influences of the tobacco industry on youth, just as it says an estimated 75 per cent of global deaths from tobacco smoking is reported in developing countries.
The WNTD is marked every May 31, and this year, WHO and public health champions from across the globe are coming together to advocate for an end to the targeting of youth with harmful tobacco products, while urging governments to adopt…
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