Related NewsThe Ethiopian parliament on Tuesday passed what is considered the strongest tobacco control legislation in Africa that will reduce tobacco use in the country. The Food and Medicine Administration Proclamation, passed unanimously by the parliament, will save lives and protect over 105 million people in Africa’s second most populous nation, experts say. The law also bans the sale of heated tobacco products, e-cigarettes, and shisha, and prohibits tobacco sales to anyone under the age of 21. Ethiopia became a Party to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on June 23, 2014. Nearly 80 per cent of the world’s more than one billion smokers live in low- and middle-income countries, including in Africa.

Source: Ethiopian News February 06, 2019 08:26 UTC