Dr Mangai Malau, head, Tobacco Control Unit, Noncommunicable Disease Division, Federal Ministry of Health, disclosed this at the National Tobacco Control Budget Advocates Meeting in Abuja.
He said that presently, the Federal Government imposed a 30 per cent tax on tobacco products but its target was to increase to 50 per cent in order to meet the World Health Organization standard.
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