As argument on the proposed Non-Tobacco Smoking Bill before the Lagos State House of Assembly continues to gather steam, British American Tobacco of Nigeria, BATN, and other stakeholders have said that it will lend its support to any balanced regulation that seeks to reduce the impact of smoking on public health.
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They, however, warned that any proposed regulation must not force the legal and regulated businesses out of operation as this would leave the market at the mercy of smugglers and illicit traders.
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The Non-Tobacco Smoking Bill seeks among other things to prohibit smoking in designated places in Lagos State, including bars, night clubs, restaurants, hotels, libraries, archives, museum, galleries and cinemas.
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Other places are concert hall, theatres, public toilets, educational institutions, factories, hospitals, and public transportation vehicles.
I just wish this smoking of a thing could be scrapped once and for all. It's ruining so many people out there. We should all think about it.