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• Ghana to ban tobacco smoking in public  

Jump to full article: GhanaWeb (nl), 2008-10-28

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The Ministry of Health is to ban tobacco smoking at public places in November.

Mr Abraham Dwumah-Odoom, Deputy Minister of Health, announced this in Accra in a speech read on his behalf at stakeholder sensitisation seminar on the ban of smoking in public places on Tuesday. He said the initiative would help reduce the health risks that tobacco smoking exposed non-smokers to and its resultant impact on the economy.

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