“Tobacco use in Africa is more than a health problem. It’s a development problem too. Tobacco breeds poverty, killing people in their most productive years. It consumes family and health-care budget. Also, money spent on tobacco is money not spent ...

Dear Aunty, Smoking makes guys look cool. Why am I discouraged from smoking? Confused Reader, Lagos Cigarette adverts make smoking look like something you will enjoy doing. They must make  smoking look good enough to make you try it even ...

May 31st of every year has been set aside by the United Nations to mark the World ‘No Tobacco ‘Day and the theme for the year’s celebration was “Growing up without Tobacco”. This was necessitated by the fact that studies ...

May be you already know what smoking does to your body. You’ve heard that smoking causes diseases. Even the warning label on the cigarette pack says how dangerous it is. But you see a lot of healthy-looking people who smoke. ...

It can be difficult for any young person to resist the appealing/attractive lure of the advertisements of the seemingly harmless drugs: alcohol and tobacco, which are all over the place. These adverts make it look as if success and recognition ...