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This poll has completed. It ran from Aug. 28, 2016, 10:47 p.m. through Sept. 4, 2016, 10:39 p.m.
STA2.24: Do you think the Tobacco Control Law recently passed is necessary?
Background
On 21st May 2016, the government of Uganda passed the Tobacco Control Law that will fight and regulate the use of tobacco. Uganda joins 180 countries implementing Tobacco legislation in a bid to phase out the act of smoking. People who smoke in public now face a fine of about 200,00UGX, imprisonment or both when caught in the act.
According to Daniel Kedobera, an epidemiologist in the Ministry of Health, over 13,500 Ugandans die annually due to tobacco-related cancers.Question
a) Yes, smoking should be regulated.
b) No, the law is so harsh
c) No, We should focus on more pressing matters
Instructions
Go to messages on your phone & type PACIS followed by your ANSWER. Send your message to 8585. This SMS is totally FREE of charge.