Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Implementation in Nigeria: Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nigeria is a significant tobacco market and influential country in Africa. Nigeria ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2005. We reviewed Nigeria's tobacco control legislation since 2000 and compliance of the National Tobacco Control Act (NTCA) 2015 with the FCTC.

Methods

We reviewed the National Tobacco Control Bills 2011 (proposed by legislature) and 2014 (proposed by Executive), the NTCA 2015, and media stories on tobacco control from 2008 to 2017.

Results

The NTCA, despite being more comprehensive than Nigeria's first Tobacco Smoking (Control) law of 1990, maintained provisions promoted by the tobacco industry, for example: allowing designated smoking areas in hospitality venues, higher educational institutions, and transpo

SUBMITTER: Egbe CO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6636173 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature