The Senate approved stricter controls on tobacco use that could send offenders to jail for six months for lighting up in public places, according the newspaper This Day.

The account did not specify what sort of public establishment would be subject to the ban.
A Daily Trust story that did not directly address a ban on or penalties for smoking in public, said the Tobacco Control Bill, “is to ensure that Nigeria has a comprehensive tobacco law for effective regulation and control of production, manufacturing, sale, labeling, advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco and tobacco products.” Both accounts were posted online.