Call to stop dragging tobacco laws
JOHANNESBURG - Stump out those ciggies and switch off those vapes.
Wednesday is World No Tobacco Day.
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The National Council Against Smoking is calling for the urgent enactment of the Tobacco Bill.
It says this will help to implement universal access to health as envisioned by the National Health Insurance Bill.
Actually, the Tobacco Bill would assist the successful and effective implementation of NHI," said Prof Lekan Ayo-Yusuf of the National Council Against Smoking.