Health fight against smoking … and compete for the installation of "smoking rooms"

Posted by Nader Al – Enezi in Okaz on 31 – 07 – 2019

At a time when the Ministry of Health is making strong efforts in the fight against smoking, it has recently announced the launch of a contest to provide and install special rooms for smokers in the premises of the Ministry.
The announcement of the contest through the platform, "adoption" of the Ministry of Finance, where the 28th of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah then set a date for the opening of the envelopes.
"Okaz" sent an inquiry to the Department of Public Relations of the Ministry of Health (two days ago) about this step, but did not respond before preparing the news.
It should be mentioned that the Ministry of Health is making considerable efforts in the area of ​​tobacco control and the prevention of its harmful effects, in particular by developing treatment services to help smokers who wish to take flight by increasing the number of smokers. smoking cessation centers in various regions and governorates. Stop smoking as a guide for service providers, organize many theoretical and practical courses for field workers and provide drugs to help quit smoking and make them available to citizens free of charge. Health also carried out the activities and functions of the smoking cessation centers, which are intended to provide therapeutic services and to sensitize the target audience of smokers and non-smokers, to establish an anti-smoking, anti-smoking and anti-smoking system. advise and educate to health, as well as reduce smoking and forced smoking.
The anti-smoking program recently announced that during the first half of 2019, 11,441 smokers, who refrained from smoking in the Kingdom's anti-smoking clinics, benefited from cognitive therapy. behavioral and medication to eliminate nicotine addiction.