Fiji’s health ministry said this causes the country an economic loss of millions of dollars due to healthcare costs and productivity losses.
NHF has called for collective efforts to address the country’s high hypertension burden as Nigeria commemorates Wednesday’s 2023 World Hypertension Day.
The smuggler was sentenced on Tuesday.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime says it has begun the implementation of the N10 taxation per litre of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) to reduce non-communicable diseases.
The WHO said that tobacco smoke contains 7,000 chemicals, of which several are known to cause cancer and three kinds of greenhouse gases.
Mr Frank’s arrest came after investigators found a 9mm Glock handgun, a bag containing explosives and a credit card abandoned at the scene.
“The death toll from tobacco is high in Nigeria as the Tobacco Atlas of 2018 report estimates more than 16,100 deaths from tobacco-related diseases every year.
WHO Regional Director for Africa says no fewer than 1.2 million people die annually due to exposure to tobacco smoke.
