Eight million risk dying of tobacco use by 2030
NGO urges media to create awareness on
Act
A non-governmental organization (NGO),
the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy
Centre (CISLAC) has said that if measures
are not urgently put in place to halt the
rate of tobacco smoking, about eight
million people are estimated to be at risk
of loosing their lives by the year 2030.
CISLAC, therefore called on the media to
as a matter of national importance
create awareness on the Act controlling
the use of tobacco product in the
country, adding that despite the proven
negative impact of tobacco product on
users, most Nigerians are not aware of
the existence of the Act meant to control
the usage.
Speaking at a one day workshop for the
media towards supporting effective
tobacco control in Nigeria with support
from African Capacity Building
Foundation (ACBF) in Abuja, the Senior
Programme Officer, CISLAC, Okeke Anya,
called on the media to create awareness
for the Act.
The Act, assented to by former President
Goodluck Jonathan on May 26, 2015, is
an offshoot of the World Health
Organisation Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC).
According to him, about 178 countries
have signed on to the convention while
some countries need to domesticate it
before becoming a law in their countries
just as some others need not to.
Speaking further on the adverse effect of
tobacco on both the smoker and the
public, Anya said about six million
people die yearly around the world as a
result of tobacco effect.
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