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Tobacco Industry Targeting African Youth In The Metaverse, Cautions ATCA – Health Business - CryptoInfoNet

Summary by CryptoInfonet
The African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) is raising a critical alert: the tobacco sector is exploiting the metaverse to target children and adolescents, particularly within Africa’s rapidly evolving digital realm. According to ATCA, tobacco companies are utilizing unregulated virtual environments to deploy smoking avatars and branded content, subtly glamorizing smoking and enticing a new generation of users. This urgent warning comes on the h…
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CryptoInfonet broke the news in on Sunday, July 27, 2025.
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