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BAJO: Tobacco-Free Youth 

Jump to full article: All-Africa.com, 2008-07-12
Author: Yaya Bajo FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)

Intro:

To protect the world's youth from experimenting with tobacco and becoming regular users, this year's World No Tobacco Day campaign calls for a ban on all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. . . .

In view of this development, Health and Nutrition Bantaba joins the campaign on the crusade against tobacco use by highlighting its potential risk to the health of the people. It is indeed a common knowledge that cigarette smoking causes serious health implications and it is even considered to be a most risky habit. This is because it is liable to turn one's life around. . . .

It can be difficult to give up alone, so why not ask friends and family for help, or join a support group?

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