Some tobacco control groups in the country have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intensify efforts to enforce the National Tobacco Control Regulations recently passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly.

The groups, comprising Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance , Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, gave the advice at a news conference in Abuja.

The Programme Coordinator of NTCA, Oluwaseun Esan, said that the press briefing was organised to kick-start the commemoration of the 2019 World No Tobacco Day, which holds on May 31 annually.

The global day which has its theme: “Tobacco and Lung Health’’ is to create awareness on the health risks associated with tobacco use and effective policies to reduce its consumption.

Esan recalled that the House of Representatives, under the leadership of Yakubu Dogara, approved the draft regulations on May 7, 2019, adding that the approved regulation was harmonised and concurred by the Nigerian Senate on May 28, 2019.

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