Tag: Smoking
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30-Day Challenge: Tekno to quit smoking, if…
Nigerian singer and songwriter, Augustine Miles Kelechi, aka Tekno, has revealed that a 30-day challenge of no smoking would determine if he will quit it. He explained his difficulty sleeping a day after quitting marijuana. The music star shared via social media that he was going to endeavor to quit smoking marijuana for 30 days.…
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Video: Nigerian artiste kizz Daniel quits smoking, warns against it
Famous Nigerian artiste Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, popularly known as Kizz Daniel has announced he has stopped smoking. Kizz Daniel made this known in a video posted on his verified Instagram page on Sunday. The singer, who recently welcomed triplet boys with his lover, announced that he is taking the decision on his birthday for the…
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NFVCB, film makers, stakeholders begin move to ban smoking in movies
The National Film and Video Censors Board ( NFVCB) has commenced engagement with practitioners and stakeholders in the movie and entertainment industry to enforce the law banning smoking in movies. Mr Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director (ED), NFVCB, made this known on Saturday while presenting a communique at the end of the entertainment industry stakeholders’ roundtable…
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Your smoking, drinking caused our breakup— Kpokpogri fires back at Tonto Dikeh
Prince Kpokpogri, the ex-lover of Tonto Dikeh, has said that heavy drinking and smoking by the star actress caused their breakup. TheNewsGuru reports that the politician and Dikeh have been at loggerheads on social media after their relationship turned acerbic. They had both accused each other of cheating, with a series of leaked audios surfacing…
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Kano bans smoking in public places
Kano State Government has banned smoking in public places to fight the tobacco epidemic as Nigeria estimates more than 16,100 annual death from tobacco-related diseases. In an effort to protect future generations and improve the health status of the people in Kano, the state government said it has committed a lot of resources to the…
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Over 28,000 Nigerians die annually from Tobacco related diseases
Abuja-based Centre for the Study of Economies of Africa (CSEA) has reported that a research it conducted had revealed that 28,876 deaths related to tobacco smoking are recorded annually in Nigeria. Mr Marco Castradori, a Research Associate with the CSEA, revealed this, on Monday, in Kano, at the report dissemination workshop on the health burden…
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Cannabis use during pregnancy may lead to psychotic-like behaviour in kids-Research
A study on the use of weed among pregnant women has revealed that such a habit may increase the possibility of psychotic-like behaviors in children when they are born. Published on Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, the study analyzed data on 11,489 children who were followed as part of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development…
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Szczesny reveals truth behind his fall at Arsenal
Wojciech Szczesny has revealed the truth behind the time he was caught smoking after what proved to be the final Premier League appearance of his Arsenal career. Szczesny lit up in the showers after a 2-0 defeat at Southampton on New Year’s Day and he was subsequently fined and dropped by then-manager Arsene Wenger as…
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I have conquered my dirty smoking habit – Tekno declares
Afrobeats singer, Augustine Miles Kelechi, popularly known as Tekno, has revealed that he has finally conquered his addictive smoking habit. The talented singer took to Twitter on Saturday to announce that he has “finally conquered dirty smoking habit”. Congrats to me, finally conquered this dirty smoking habit — TEKNOOFFICIAL (@alhajitekno) February 8, 2020…
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Don Jazzy celebrates twelve month of quitting smoking
….As Davido vows to do same Nigerian music producer Don Jazzy on September 24, 2018, quit smoking after indulging in the habit for several years. A year after quitting his smoking habit, Don Jazzy took to his Twitter to announce that he has kept to his promise. “Today makes it one year since I…