Gambia: Tobacco Control Act 2016 Launched

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in collaboration with partners yesterday launched the Tobacco Control Act 2016 and the celebration of the World No Tobacco Day awards, held at the Arch 22 in Banjul.

In her launching statement, Saffie Lowe-Ceesay, Minister of Health and Social Welfare, explained that the complexities surrounding tobacco use as well as the huge detrimental effects it has on the socio economic development, required concerted action from across the different sectors in government as well as the private sector institutions, civil society, individuals, communities and organisations including the United Nations system to tackle the tobacco burden.

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