The Senate yesterday passed the Tobacco Control
Bill. According to the deputy senate president Ike
Ekweremadu who presided over the plenary session
on Tuesday May 12th, the bill will ensure effective
regulation and control of production, manufacture,
sale, labeling, advertising, promotion and
sponsorship of tobacco and tobacco products in
Nigeria.
The bill among other things specifies the places
cigarette smokers could smoke and areas where
smoking is forbidden and also the punishment to
be meted out to defaulters when they smoke in
non-designated areas. Culprits could get up to six
months in jail
The bill states that owners of public places where
smoking is not allowed will be penalized if they fail
to put up a "no smoking sign" on their properties.
The bill was sponsored by Delta state governor
elect and Senate Committee on Health Chairman,
Senator Ifeanyi Okowa. The bill now awaits the
assent of President Jonathan.
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