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Public hearings on controversial tobacco packaging rules kick off

A man smoking a cigarette. [iStockphoto]

The Health Ministry will from today start receiving public views on the controversial new graphic health warnings that cigarette makers will be required to display on the packs of nicotine products.

The public participation sessions will begin in Nyeri and Kisumu followed by Embu and Kakamega. Similar meetings with members of the public will follow throughout the country over the next week.

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