The anti-tobacco activist Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA), in conjunction with the Makerere University's School of Public Health, is planning to push for stern legislation to regulate the growing consumption of tobacco.
The new proposal aims to substantially scale down cigarette smoking, especially among the youth. It comes against the backdrop of a survey by the organisation conducted recently, that revealed that an estimated 13,500 people in Uganda die of smoke-related infections every year. Many more, according to the survey, die due to health complications accruing from passive smoking.
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