The government will continue to accelerate enforcement on suppressing nicotine products to ensure public health aspects are respected in the country.
Public Health and Professional Standards Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni has said tobacco and drug abuse continues to wreak havoc in our communities, destroying lives and threatening public safety.
Speaking at Karucho, Kirinyaga County, during a stakeholder's sensitisation workshop to rally collective action against this growing public health threat, Muthoni expressed the government's commitment to working with local leaders, security agencies, faith-based institutions, and the 47 counties to strengthen prevention efforts, promote community education and support access to treatment and rehabilitation services. "We cannot destroy the nation and our young people because of selfish interests; therefore, I want to state categorically that we will continue enforcing the law guarding the sale, manufacture and advertisement of all nicotine and tobacco-related products," she emphasised.
The PS asked those engaging in nicotine product businesses to look inwardly and first think about the greater public good before even thinking about making money. "Think about the many people who are dying of cancer because of you, the many children who have dropped out of school and those mothers whose children have been aborted because of you.
