Tobacco – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sun, 26 May 2024 20:59:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Tobacco – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 The Display Of Ritual Killing And Tobacco Smoking In Nollywood/Music Videos Is Now Prohibited – FG https://www.theinfostride.com/the-display-of-ritual-killing-and-tobacco-smoking-in-nollywood-music-videos-is-now-prohibited-fg/ https://www.theinfostride.com/the-display-of-ritual-killing-and-tobacco-smoking-in-nollywood-music-videos-is-now-prohibited-fg/#respond Sun, 26 May 2024 20:40:01 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=379007 The Executive Director/CEO of National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Shaibu Husseini has come out to say that the Federal Government has approved the prohibition of money rituals and glamourizing of vices in Nigerian films. He recently had his say while speaking at a National Stakeholders Engagement on Smoke-Free Nollywood held in Enugu, and [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/the-display-of-ritual-killing-and-tobacco-smoking-in-nollywood-music-videos-is-now-prohibited-fg/feed/ 0 FCCPC Slaps BAT with Record $110M Fine Over Tobacco Law Breach https://www.theinfostride.com/fccpc-slaps-bat-with-record-110m-fine-over-tobacco-law-breach/ https://www.theinfostride.com/fccpc-slaps-bat-with-record-110m-fine-over-tobacco-law-breach/#respond Wed, 27 Dec 2023 23:47:56 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=365773 Infostride News reports that the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has recently imposed a substantial $110 million fine on British American Tobacco (BAT) Nigeria and its affiliated companies, marking a significant development in the realm of corporate compliance with competition and consumer protection laws in Nigeria. The FCCPC took to its official Twitter [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/fccpc-slaps-bat-with-record-110m-fine-over-tobacco-law-breach/feed/ 0 Buhari Must Fix Lack Of Funding For Tobacco Control – ERA/FoEN https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-must-fix-lack-of-funding-for-tobacco-control-era-foen/ Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:42:22 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=245756 The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Federal Government and Buhari to inaugurate the Tobacco Control Fund as recommended in the National Tobacco Control (NTC) Act 2015 as soon as possible. The group believes the lack of funding for tobacco control in Nigeria is a very bad thing that cannot continue. According [...]

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]]> Tobacco Kills 7 Million In A Year – WHO https://www.theinfostride.com/tobacco-kills-7-million-in-a-year-who/ Wed, 14 Jun 2017 01:04:34 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=168078 Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, also warning of the dire environmental impact of tobacco production, distribution and waste. The UN agency said tougher measures were needed to rein in tobacco use, urging countries to ban smoking in the workplace and indoor [...]

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]]> Tobacco Users Die Prematurely – WHO https://www.theinfostride.com/tobacco-users-die-prematurely-who/ Fri, 02 Jun 2017 11:56:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=167054 World Health Organisation (WHO) says up to half of all tobacco users die prematurely from tobacco-related diseases. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said this in a statement in Abuja to commemorate the 2017 “World No Tobacco Day” held annually on May 31. The event is held to raise awareness on the dangers [...]

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