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NFVCB Move to Ban Smoking in Nigerian Movies

December 13, 2021
Stephen KotochiebyStephen Kotochie
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NFVCB Move to Ban Smoking in Nigerian Movies

An image of a smoking scene in a Nigerian movie

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has begun engaging with practitioners and stakeholders in the Nigerian movie and entertainment industry to enforce the law banning smoking in movies.

Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director of NFVCB, made this known while presenting a communique at the end of the entertainment industry stakeholders’ roundtable in Lagos. The roundtable focused on the National Tobacco Control Act 2015 and the National Tobacco Control Regulations 2019 in Lagos, as they relate to the movie and entertainment industry, generally.

Mr. Thomas noted that the engagement is geared towards ensuring that practitioners in the movie industry adhere to the no-smoking laws in Nigerian movies, among other relevant laws of the country.

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The meeting was hosted by NFVCB with technical support from Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA).

The NFVCB boss noted that the board and the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture were worried about the growing evidence linking the entertainment industry with the increasing tobacco use and its impact on public health. He stated that NFVCB prioritized the classification of movies with smoking scenes and tobacco depiction and would ensure these were fully enforced.

NFVCB Move to Ban Smoking in Nigerian Movies
An image of Nigerian movie industry stakeholders at the roundtable meeting

Mr Thomas further mentioned that the existing national legislation does not sufficiently capture the emerging alternative products of tobacco, such as E-cigarettes, Shisha, among others. He then advised the National Assembly, Ministry of Health, and other relevant authorities to involve the movie industry players in their engagement so as to be on the same page in the implementation of the legislation.

“Stakeholders observed that smoking in movies and the entertainment sector is a pathway to young people embracing smoking. The tobacco industry uses the sophisticated marketing mix to promote smoking on set and in the entertainment sector.

“Entertainment stakeholders are deliberately targeted by the tobacco industry either through financial inducement, misinformation, and other subtle approaches to further the glamorization of smoking in the movies and entertainment sector. Awareness on the dangers of smoking in movies and the entertainment sector in the digital media space is still low”.

Adedayo Thomas

According to Mr. Thomas, NFVCB would intensify its awareness creation and education among relevant stakeholders in the movies and entertainment sectors to ensure compliance with national laws.

Enforcement of ‘No-Smoking’ Ban

Mr Thomas cited the NTC Act 2015 and the NTC Regulations 2019 in relation to the ban on tobacco advertising promotion and sponsorships. He promised that the NFVCB would continue to work with relevant stakeholders to put in place adequate measures to ensure that the environment remains conducive to growing the film industry.

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A smoking scene from ‘Omo Ghetto The-Saga’

The Executive Director noted that NFVCB would sustain its engagement and consultation with relevant stakeholders in the movie and entertainment sector to ensure that film classifications are appropriate and up to date.

The NFVCB boss requested that the board and movie practitioners be represented in the operations of the Tobacco Control Fund. According to him, this will open opportunities for movies and entertainment sector operators to play crucial roles in awareness creation and sensitization in relation to smoking in movies.

It is worth mentioning that the meeting was attended by regulators, public health tobacco control experts, movie producers, scriptwriters, distributors, and exhibitors. Veterans as well as young actors and actresses were also present to brainstorm on the prevalence of smoking scenes in movies.

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