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Data presented by The Tobacco Atlas has shown Nigeria is doing virtually nothing to curtail Tobacco smoking in the country.
According to the data available on The Tobacco Atlas website, the country has done practically nothing in the years under review to warn Nigerians about the dangers of Tobacco smoking in media campaigns.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a comprehensive scary data on Tobacco and its environmental impact worldwide reported by TheNewsGuru.
A figment of that report shows that while 3,642,900 men, 660,800, women, 303,300 boys and 67,000 girls still smoke cigarettes each day in Nigeria, 1,789,300 people currently use smokeless tobacco, and according to The Tobacco Atlas, it’s a sign of an ongoing and dire public health threat.
It also reported that 207 men and 130 women are being killed by tobacco every week in Nigeria, and 7 million death per annum worldwide, necessitating action from policymakers.
But the current policy adopted by Nigeria is nothing to write home about.
Analysis of current Tobacco policy in Nigeria:
Tobacco control policy is an excellent investment in the health of a country’s population, and according to the WHO, for less than ₦15 per person per year, Nigeria will be able to pay for the four ‘best buys’ in tobacco control policy, which is raising tobacco excise taxes, enforcing a comprehensive national smoke-free law and a ban on tobacco advertising and promotion, and mandating large graphic warning labels appear on tobacco product packaging.
This small investment, the WHO said will reap enormous dividends in health and prosperity as far as Tobacco and its impact is concerned.