House approves bill to reestablish ENAThe Ethiopian parliament has passed a draft bill dubbed ‘Food and Medicine Administration Proclamation’ restricting smoking in all indoor workplaces, public places and means of public transport and prohibited alcohol promotion on broadcasting medias. Furthermore, according to the new bill, tobacco packaging must clearly contain visible health warnings to smokers. In addition to restricting alcohol and tobacco use, the bill also brings stricter provisions aimed at prohibiting the smoking of Shisha, which is identified as another social challenge affecting many. Countries in the Eastern Africa region, have in recent years, upped the fight against smoking especially water-pipe tobacco popularly referred to as shisha. According to WHO, the smoke inhaled in a typical one-hour shisha smoking session is equal to inhaling the smoke from as many as 100 sticks of cigarettes.

Source: Ethiopian News February 09, 2019 07:07 UTC