Nigeria as the most populous country in Africa, has one of the leading tobacco markets on the continent, with over 18 billion cigarettes sold annually.
The World Health Organisation estimates that there were about 13 million smokers in Nigeria in 2012, with over 16,000 deaths attributable to smoking.
The Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, (CISLAC), Auwal Musa (Rafsanjani), represented by Senior Programme Officer, CISLAC, Solomon Adogah, disclosed this at a press conference in commemoration of the World No Tobacco Day 2024, held in Kano.
This year’s theme is, “Protecting Children from Tobacco Industry Interference.”
(Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie)
