TOBACCOCTRL IS ONE! Thanks to our followers for your support

wORLDntd-who-infoGraphTobacco Control Nigeria is a public health and policy change campaign project using Social Media to advance tobaccocontrol and support the passage of a comprehensive Tobacco Control (TC) law compliant with the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Nigeria. This advocacy started on 31st May 2013 which was the World No Tobacco Day.

 

 

World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is celebrated every year to highlight the health risks associated with tobacco use and to advocate for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. Tobacco kills nearly 6 million people each year, of whichmore than 600,000 are non-smokers dying from breathing second-hand smoke. Without comprehensive tobaccoprevention and control policies, it is estimated that smoking prevalence in the African region will increase by nearly 39 percent by 2030.

 

 

In Nigeria, advocates are currently pushing for passage of a comprehensive tobacco control bill to help save lives from the deadly products.

 

 

In celebration of WNTD, TobaccoCtrl will have a daily competition across its social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus) with daily airtime giveaways to winners every day from Monday 26th May to Saturday 31st May 2014. Follow us to learn more about our giveaway.

 

 

Tobacco Control Nigeria continues to call on members of the National Assembly to speedily pass a strong National TobaccoControl Bill into law, as this will save the lives of millions of Nigerians and generations unborn from the harmful social and economic effects of tobacco use.

 

 

If you would like more information about this campaign, please visit

 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TobaccoCtrl

 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TobaccoCtrl

 

Google Plus: https:// gplusid.com/TobaccoCtrl 

 

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