Tobacco & You

Cigarette Tainted my Relationships, interview with journalist Alex Akao

Alex Akao, a journalist, speaks on his several years of tobacco addiction and the toll it took on his relationships. In a humorous, yet gripping recollection, he narrates how his present wife, then a girl friend, helped him quit in a most subtle way.
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Youth Smoking: “Big Tobacco, Hands Off Our Youths!”

Betty’s guests in this edition are two young, enthusiastic tobacco control activists. Adeola Akinrenmi and Seun Akioye, both in their 20’s, have been involved in tobacco control activities among young Nigerians in the last seven years. They co-founded Journalists Action on Tobacco and Health (JATH). Both spoke on the ploy by tobacco multinationals to recruit young smokers, and advise fellow youngsters on the way out.
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“Women, Thou Must Not Smoke”, interview with gynaecologist, Dr. Uduak Ikpegbu

What health risks do women smokers face? Dr. Uduak Ikpegbu, a gynaecologist and child care expert answers. The young doctor and mother, stresses that besides the tendency for women smokers to suffer from infertility, children of such women suffer low births, withdrawal symptoms and other health implications. ‘Smoking does no woman any good,” .
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