125 die daily due to smoking in South Africa

About 125 of the 23 percent of South Africans who smoke die from the habit every day, the National Council Against Smoking said on Friday.This results in 44,400 deaths a year, the council said in a statement. Reducing the prevalence of smoking from the 23 percent to five percent in the next three decades was possible. "But it will require an intensification of the tobacco control campaign......

Asantehene advices students on smoking

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has sternly warned students in the country against involving in immoral behavior which can have adverse effects on their survival. He particularly bemoaned situations whereby school going children who are Ghana’s future leaders drink and smoke openly during inter schools athletic competitions. In a speech read on his behalf by Nana Amankwa Kudom Ababio, the Adwumasahene, Otumfuo admonished students to abstain from all such dishonorable behavior notably smoking in order to stay healthy....