The Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) and a nongovernmental organization, Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) has begun the enforcement of the ban on sale of cigarettes to children who are u…
The Consumer Protection Commission and a nongovernmental organization, Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance has begun the enforcement of the ban on sale of cigarettes to children who are under 18 years in Rivers State.
Speaking to newsmen, the Acting South-South Zonal Coordinator of CPC, Johnson Uche Osi, said the essence of the exercise is to discourage the sale of cigarettes in single sticks to children under the age of 18. Also speaking to newsmen, Programme Coordinator of NTCA, Olu’seun Eso, expressed happiness the CPC is now ready to implement the provisions of the National Tobacco Act of 2015.
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