ECONOMIST Dr Lubinda Haabazoka says government must not rush into regulating tobacco use, arguing that Zambia does not have a smoking problem. On Tuesday, Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa disclosed that Cabinet had approved the Tobacco Control Bill, aimed at protecting the health of present and future generations from the consequences of tobacco.
“Cabinet approved for publication and introduction in Parliament, during the current sitting, a Bill entitled ‘The Tobacco Control Bill, 2025.’ The objectives of the Bill are to, among others, provide for the protection of present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco use, nicotine addiction, and exposure to harmful emissions of tobacco products, nicotine products or nicotine devices, and provide… Do you agree that child defilers should be castrated?
