Medical experts and Civil Society Organisations have called on the Federal Government to fully implement the graphic health warnings on tobacco packaging and labelling. While the 2024 yearly graphic warnings will begin in June 2024, experts and CSOs urge the FG to implement graphic health warnings on 60 per cent of display areas of tobacco products, including shisha and others. Fagbule said findings have shown that graphic health warnings have helped people quit taking tobacco products. “I advocate that the government’s regulatory body should look at the contents of these things and implement the graphic health warnings and labelling on them,” Dr Akintade said. “There is no full compliance to the graphic health warnings yet.

Source: Punch May 31, 2024 21:35 UTC