Health launches awareness campaign to stop smoking

The Ministry of Public Health has launched an awareness campaign to encourage smokers to quit and consume tobacco, reduce their effects and reduce the risk of increased smoking and smoking-related illnesses. tobacco, such as heart disease, cancer, vascular and respiratory accidents.

Regardless of the age of the person wishing to quit and the number of years of smoking, people who have quit smoking have significantly improved their life expectancy and health compared to those who continue to smoke.

Tobacco is a toxic substance, not only harmful to the smoker, but also for those around him: there is no safe consumption of tobacco or exposure to second-hand smoke, one person dies every six seconds because of the tobacco consumption. The five most common types of cancer in the state of Qatar.

Dr Khuloud Ateeq Al Mutawaa, WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control correspondent responsible for health promotion and non-transient diseases at the Ministry of Public Health, said: "The campaign for smoking cessation and smoking is meant to remind people of the dangers of smoking and shisha And for other uses of tobacco, we urge everyone to protect themselves and their children and their families. "By moving away from smoking and providing people with accurate information, we allow them to make positive personal decisions about their health."

Shisha tobacco presents similar health risks because it contains many toxic agents known to cause cancers of the lungs, throat, bladder and mouth. Even after the passage of smoke, chicha smoke has high toxicity levels and is not filtered. Due to the manner in which shisha is smoked, smokers consume more toxic substances than cigarette smokers, and second-hand smoke from shisha can also pose a significant health risk to non-smokers who are exposed to it. .

A new year can be the time to make changes and make decisions that lead to a healthy lifestyle.

In this context, the Ministry of Public Health has urged tobacco users to access the full resources available to help quit smoking in Qatar. The Hamad Medical Corporation's Tobacco Control Center is a WHO collaborator. designed to help quit smoking through programs with clinical design.