Uganda, March 30 -- Tobacco control advocates have called for a complete ban on tobacco products, citing detrimental impacts on both human health and the environment.

Tobacco products, including cigarettes and vapes over eight million lives annually due to illnesses caused by their inhalation, according to the World Health Organization.

Mr Moses Tilibita, a Tobacco Control Advocate and Course Facilitator on the Management and Pollutants of Hazardous Wastes and Pollutants at Nkumba University's School of Science says the ban is needed urgently.

"Uganda is a role model and should lead in the total ban of Tobacco. We have a lot to gain when we end tobacco and even plastics in the environment," he said.

Uganda's approach involves two majo...