Gambia police have launched a nationwide crackdown on public smoking to enforce the Tobacco Control Act. 

The crackdown is jointly organised by the police, customs and the Public Health and Environmental Inspectors. 

“The public is hereby reminded that, the Tobacco Control Act has banned public smoking, display of tobacco products, selling of single sticks and advertisements of tobacco products as well as Shisha,” the police said in a statement.

“There has not been any reports of confrontation since the commencement of the operation, and some illegal tobacco products such as cigarette packs less than 20 sticks, packs that are not labeled ‘sold in the Gambia’ were seized during the operations.”

Reporting by Adama Makasuba