Emerging research studies indicate passive cigarette smokers (those who inhale second hand smoke) are at greater risk of health complications, including hearing loss even more than the smokers themselves. This even becomes more worrisome as many Nigerian non-smokers are helplessly exposed to cigarette smoke on a daily basis at home, workplace, shops and more. In this report, VICTOR OKEKE writes on why government should show more seriousness in checking smoking in public places in Nigeria.
The low retail price of cigarettes even amidst government claims of high imposition of tax gives it an easy access even among the poorest of the poor in this country. If this trend continues unchecked, the predictions of researchers are certainly going to be our lot in this country.
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