Jump to full article: All-Africa.com, 2009-05-09
Intro: THE Tobacco Free Association of Zambia (TOFAZ) has resorted to the use of performing arts in its campaign to discourage the cultivation and consumption of tobacco.
TOFAZ executive director Brenda Chitindi said during a tobacco control workshop in Lusaka yesterday that the organisation intended to use all effective means to free the nation from tobacco.
Ms Chitindi said the organisation wanted to sensitise the tobacco consumers through the use of drama groups to get the message across.
She said using artistic means to sensitise the nation would be the easiest way of delivering the message to the nation.
She said most of the youth lacked knowledge on the dangers of consuming tobacco and needed to be sensitised. . . .
She said the programme would be funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) under the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Meanwhile, Institute of Economic and Social Research researcher Richard Zulu said that there was need to implement the World Health Organisation framework convention on tobacco control.
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