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Jump to full article: East African Business Week, 2007-07-02
Author: Bosco Hitimana
Intro: Rwanda’s health ministry has vowed to take serious measures against tobacco advertisement in the country.
The ministry according to the director of Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) seeks to effect a total ban on advertising and promoting tobacco.
Speaking at this year's ,World No Tobacco' day at Center Iwacu Kabusunzu in Kigali Mr. Bonaventure Nzeyimana said the ban will start with advertisements in newspapers, radios, television, streets, markets, shops and vehicles that distribute tobacco and its products in the country.
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