Workshop Identifies Hindrances To Tobacco Control

A recent consultative workshop on tobacco control in Botswana has identified the absence of advocacy by the media and NGOs as key impediments.

The workshop followed a situational analysis report by Bontle Mbongwe of the University of Botswana's Department of Environmental Health.

 Vigorous marketing by the massive tobacco industry is also to blame for engaging in a brutal war against government efforts to control smoking through the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).

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