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Public Tobacco Smoking Down - Minisante 

The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho has revealed that the country's public consumption levels of tobacco have relatively gone down compared to the previous years.

"Through various programmes such as sensitization campaigns on radio, billboards and stickers among others, the government has successfully managed to discourage people from smoking tobacco in public and in turn the levels have gone down."

"We can not however reveal any statistics yet as these will be highlighted during the World Health Day celebrations that are set for next month," Binagwaho told the Sunday Times.

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