Office of Health in collaboration with primary health-care management and anti-smoking programs in the Ministry of Health will be on Sunday the campaign against smoking under the slogan "Yes to the warning pictures on cigarette packs, and not misleading words."
The new campaign at Red Sea Mall is aimed at raising awareness of the warning pictures on every cigarette packet.
The purpose of the campaign coincided with World No Tobacco Day (May 31) is to educate the general public and decision makers, in particular, about the health risks associated with cigarettes, "said al-Abdulrhman Sahafi, PR-manager in Jeddah, the Office for Health.
Throughout the world, he said the government pressured the company to produce cigarettes graphically describe the dangers of smoking, said Dr. Shams Mnal anti-smoking program organizer in the Ministry of Health.
The campaign is also in line with the recent World Health Organization rules to curb smoking. "With these paintings warning will play a very important role in reducing the number of smokers throughout the world," he said.
By Shams, nine out of ten smokers reside in countries where there is no pictorial warnings on cigarette packets.
Office of Health Care Program will be combined with several discussions and meetings about the role of using pictures to warn people about how tobacco can damage their health to persuade smokers to kick the deadly habit for good.
"We noticed that the majority of Saudis are not aware of the dangers of smoking. Therefore, the use of these photographs make them understand the negative impact of smoking on health," said Shams. - SG
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