Tobacco levy to address public smoking, advertising

A tobacco levy expected to address public smoking and advertising is in the offing says the Minister of Health Reverend Dr John Seakgosing in his budget proposal speech.

He said his ministry has been working on 'the repeal of the Control of Smoking Act of 1992 and the 2004 amendment.'

Seakgosing said that his ministry has proposed a tobacco control act that will address current problems such as easy accessibility, public smoking, advertising as well as other requirements of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control that Botswana ratified in 2005.

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