Groups urge Tinubu to reject tobacco control amendment, demand fresh legislative review
Civil society and public health organisations have urged President Bola Tinubu to withhold assent to a proposed amendment to Nigeria’s tobacco control law, warning that some provisions could weaken existing safeguards against tobacco and nicotine addiction, particularly among young people. The group...
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