It has been emphasized that for Nigeria to effectively address the use and exposure of tobacco, which can lead to adverse effects associated with noncommunicable diseases (ENT), Tobacco control programs must be implemented in several local states and governments. This requires a multisectoral approach that involves all interested parties.
This statement was made by Solomon Adaga, the Senior Programs officer of Civil Society for the legislation of the Defense Center (CISLAC), during a day training on tobacco taxes and the incorporation of gender for members of the Association of Women's Women's Women of Nigeria (Nawoj) Bauchi Bauchi chapter, organized by CISLAC.
Solomon Adaga said that effective control of tobacco and smoking in public spaces can reduce the prevalence of NCD by up to 80 percent.
He also declared that an approach that responds to the genre for tobacco control could help reduce exposure to NCDs such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and mental illnesses.
This approach would particularly benefit the most vulnerable populations, especially in low and medium -sized countries, and could help prevent premature mortality.
Solomon Adaga added: “The use of tobacco between adults, adolescents and vulnerable groups of all genders is a preventable cause of all non -communicable diseases (ENT),”, and adds that there is a growing threat of the burden of tobacco consumption for the health of girls and women in low and medium income countries.
He said that NCDs are the main causes of death worldwide, noting that in 2016, NCDs represented 71 percent of deaths worldwide and 31.5 million deaths were recorded in low and medium -sized countries.
Speaking about gender disparity and the implementation of tobacco tax policy, Solomon Adaga said that a gender fiscal policy that responds to gender will reduce tobacco consumption and their diseases attributed among women.
He added that the use pattern, the impact of the consequences of the use of tobacco, the capacity to respond to the price of men and women to tax changes differs throughout gender lines.
He pointed out that, regardless of differences, tobacco taxes and tobacco control measures, they remain gender neutral, and emphasize that there must be a gender response capacity in the formulation of tobacco control programs such as achapidity programs, creation of consciousness and smoke -free application.
Speaking previously in a comment Welcome, the Finance and Administrators official of CISLAC, Mohammed Murtala, said that journalists have the power to promote taxes and tobacco control in society by educating the public through their various news platforms.
He urged participants to use knowledge acquired in training by becoming defenders of tobacco control, particularly between young people and women to reduce threats on health and economy.
Also speaking, Rasheeda Yusuf, the president of the Nawoj of the state of Bauchi, said that the training aimed to update the participants on tobacco taxes for the content of the media.
According to her, “we report and develop the content of the means to highlight the risks of consumption and tobacco taxes and also involve women and children in our various programs.”
“The need to advocate gender integration should not be too emphasized, since women suffer directly or indirectly to most of these risks,” he said.