FG To Enforce ₦50,000 Fine For Public Smoking

Following the launch of campaign to ban smoking in 
public places including motor parks, shopping malls and health care centres, the Nigerian government in a communiqué has  said it is going to enforce Section 9 
of the Nigeria Tobacco Control Act 2015, which says that 
once convicted, offenders are liable to a fine of at least N50, 000 and/or six months’ imprisonment.

The Ministry of Health in its ‘Clean Air Campaign’, said 
the law would henceforth be taken seriously in a bid to 
protect and promote the citizens’ right to health, life, physical integrity and safety.

According to the ERICGOSSIP, to carry out the campaign successfully, the ministry also said it was being supported 
by the Cancer Society of Nigeria, World Health Organisation, ONE Campaign, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Civil Society Organisations and the Tobacco Free Kids based in Washington DC, United States.