The Gates Foundation indicates in a new document about its tobacco control strategy (pdf) that, "Niger introduced graphic warning labels covering 50 percent of the front and back of cigarette packs and banned point of sale displays." Where does this information come from? We did find this presentation (in French) by Inoussa Saouna who mentions graphic warnings covering up to 30% of the pack (recto and verso) according to the Tobacco Control Act of 2006 and the implementation decrees of 2008 but has the implementation of this decision really taken place? This recent article (September 2011) is titled (in French of course): L'application de la loi anti-tabac se fait toujours attendre, Implementation of the Tobacco Control Act, we are still waiting. It would not be the first time that there is a very long delay between the enactment of a law and its real implementation.
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