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Government suspends tobacco licences in crackdown on youth nicotine use

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale. [File, Standard]

Kenya has suspended all licences for the manufacture, importation, sale and promotion of nicotine products, ordering vendors to reapply within 21 days under stricter conditions.

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced the directive during World No Tobacco Day on May 31, as 5.5 tonnes of seized tobacco-related products were destroyed at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret.

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