MOH Embarks On Public Participation Exercise Over The Draft Graphic Health Warnings For Tobacco Products
By MKT Correspondent
Public health experts are urging the Ministry of Health to consider harm reduction alternatives when developing graphic health warnings for tobacco products.
Industry stakeholders have urged the ministry to consider factual, descent-based, and science-based regulation in the formation of these new graphic health warnings.
Dr. Vivian Manyeki, a Public Health expert, believes that the introduction of harm reduction alternatives will give room for the current science teaching about harm reduction products as alternatives to cigarettes.
The graphic warnings will cover the whole packet and have no space to tell consumers about the content and important details of the product.
Tobacco industry players have also asked the ministry to differentiate product categories when developing proposed graphic warnings.
The National Chairman of the Pubs, Entertainment, and Restaurant Association of Kenya (PERAK), Michael Kiragu, said that the ministry is generalising all products and asking them to differentiate.
Tobacco Control Board chairperson Naomi Shaban stated that the ministry aims to create public awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco consumption and possibly persuade tobacco users to quit smoking.
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