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Parliament to ban tobacco use in public 

Parliament has indicated its preparedness to ban tobacco use in public places with a call on the Ministry of Health to speed up the "Tobacco Usage Bill" and lay it before the House of the Legislature for consideration.

This came to light when Members from both sides of Parliament (Majority and Minority) in contributing to a statement laid on the floor by Hon. Major (Rtd) Dr. Mustapha Ahmed, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on health and MP for Ayawaso Central, on "World No Tobacco Day" embraced the idea to ban tobacco usage in public places in Accra yesterday.

Hon. Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Member of Parliament (MP) for Wa West, who doubles as the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development in his contribution to the statement on the need to ban tobacco use in public places, tasked his colleagues to move a little further in terms of legislation to bring the situation under control.

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