NAFDAC denies approving herbal tea for smokers

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denied claims that it approved a herbal tea allegedly promoting smoking as healthy when used alongside the product.

This denial was contained in a statement by NAFDAC’s Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, yesterday. The statement reads: “The attention of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has been drawn to a misleading video circulating on social media, alleging that NAFDAC approved the registration of a herbal product, which claimed that smoking was healthy when used with the product.

“NAFDAC wishes to categorically state that this claim is false and completely unfounded. The product in question – Lung Detox Tea or Lungitox (Smokers Pride) or any similar product – is not registered by NAFDAC. The unscrupulous individual behind this product had applied for registration, but the application was outrightly rejected due to the unsubstantiated and dangerous claim that smoking could be made ‘healthy’ by consuming the product.

“As a scientific and professional agency, NAFDAC will never permit the importation, exportation, manufacture, advertisement, distribution, sale, and use of products with claims that do not have any scientific basis.”

NAFDAC also warned that producers of herbal and related products must not make therapeutic claims unless scientifically validated through clinical trials.

The agency urged the public to disregard the misleading video and report any suspicious claims or products through its official channels.