Tag: #CAPPA
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YOUTH AT RISK: STUDY EXPOSES GAPS IN NIGERIA’S NICOTINE LAWS
Vapes, pouches, heated tobacco—Nigeria’s youth are being targeted online! A new report by Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) reveals alarming exposure of Nigerian youths to e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches, and heated tobacco products. CAPPA Executive Director Oluwafemi Akinbode warns that outdated tobacco laws leave new nicotine products largely unregulated, allowing aggressive online marketing and…
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EXCESS SALT INTAKE DRIVES RISE IN NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN NIGERIA, CAPPA WARNS
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) is sounding the alarm on Nigeria’s growing health crisis linked to excessive salt consumption. Addressing journalists at a two-day workshop in Port Harcourt, CAPPA’s Executive Director Akinbode Oluwafemi revealed that Nigerians consume far more salt than the World Health Organization’s recommended daily limit of 5 grams—mostly hidden in…
