An informative meeting between
the Cameroon Coalition Against Tobacco and senators involved in the
"Champion of Tobacco Control" on the anti-tobacco law and tobacco
consumption in the country took place on Saturday April 9, 2016 in Yaounde. Speaking
at the event, the coordinator of the Champion of Tobacco Control, Senator
Ngalli Ngoua Pierre Henri said they are going to intensify campaigns on the
negative effects of tobacco while making sure that an anti-tobacco law is
effectively enacted.
During the meeting, the Permanent
Secretary at the National Committee for the Fight Against Drug, Dr Magloire
Awono Pascal used the opportunity to present an investigative report carried
out by the Global Adult Tobacco Survey and the Global Health Tobacco Survey in
collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health and the National Institute
which revealed that some 1,100, 000 adults are current tobacco users in
Cameroon while 6,720 000 people are exposed to second-hand smoke from smokers
in public places.