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Public hearings started on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill
Manage episode 486328823 series 2825635
Parliamentary public hearings on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill have begun. The hearings coincided with World No Tobacco Day at the weekend. A recent survey shows alarming rates of tobacco use with 33.9% of the population smoking and 13.5% of young people using e-cigarettes. Experts are urging urgent action to reverse the trend. Elvis Presslin spoke to Professor Lekan Ayo-Yusuf, Head of the School of Health Systems and Public Health at the University of Pretoria, Director of the National Council Against Smoking and Director of the Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research
6775 episodes
Manage episode 486328823 series 2825635
Parliamentary public hearings on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill have begun. The hearings coincided with World No Tobacco Day at the weekend. A recent survey shows alarming rates of tobacco use with 33.9% of the population smoking and 13.5% of young people using e-cigarettes. Experts are urging urgent action to reverse the trend. Elvis Presslin spoke to Professor Lekan Ayo-Yusuf, Head of the School of Health Systems and Public Health at the University of Pretoria, Director of the National Council Against Smoking and Director of the Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research
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