Alliance wants FG to raise tobacco taxes
The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance has urged the Federal Government to immediately raise the tobacco taxes from the current 20 percent to 70 percent and set aside at least five percent of the taxes on earmarking for tobacco control activities in the country.
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