OBSCURE LEGAL FACTS BY AROME ABU
In Nigeria, it is an offence to smoke any Tobacco product in a residential house co-occupied by a person below 18 years of age, except in a room exclusively occupied by the smoker.
PENALTY
•Fine of N50,000
•Imprisonment of not let less than 6 months or both.
See section 9 of the National Tobacco Control Act
Arome Abu is the Managing Partner of TCLP.
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