AI Summary
The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) Ghana is calling for stricter tobacco control laws in Ghana, specifically urging the government to ban the selling of cigarettes in smaller packs known as kiddie packs. VALD Ghana believes that allowing the sale of these smaller packs will increase access to cigarettes for young and poor individuals in the country.
The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) Ghana, a non-governmental organisation in Accra, Ghana, has urged the Government to amend tobacco control laws to prohibit the selling of cigarettes in smaller packs, called kiddie packs. VALD Ghana stated that if the selling of kiddie packs is permitted, access to cigarettes will be increased to the country’s young and poor people.