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Coalition Urges Speedy Action On Tobacco Draft Bill 

The Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Tobacco Control (CNTC) has called on government to expedite action on a draft bill at the Ministry of Health awaiting cabinet consideration and eventual passage by Parliament. The call was made on Saturday at a post-World-No-Tobacco durbar organized by the Coalition to sensitise the Okaishie community in Accra on the harm of tobacco on the heath of users and the public and the need to pass a law in Ghana o control tobacco use.

The bill which is based on the input of the World Health Organisation (WHO) framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FTTC) seeks among other things, to ban smoking in public places and also stop advertisements on cigarettes.

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