UAE | Health
Major drive launched against smoking
Health authorities are targeting children and women in a new anti-smoking campaign launched on World No Tobacco Day yesterday, acknowledging the growing numbers of smokers among these segments of society.
- By Nina Muslim, Staff Reporter
- Published: 23:23 May 31, 2009
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- The campaign is divided in four phases: public awareness through government clinics, holding seminars and referrals at schools, at malls and organisations, and finally, approaching women.
Dubai: Health authorities are targeting children and women in a new anti-smoking campaign launched on World No Tobacco Day on Sunday, acknowledging the growing numbers of smokers among these segments of society.
Dubai Health Authority (DHA), in partnership with the Islamic Affairs Department and other government agencies, along with private partners, launched the anti-smoking campaign at Rashid School for Boys.
The campaign is divided in four phases: public awareness through government clinics, holding seminars and referrals at schools, at malls and organisations, and finally, approaching women.
Dr Ebrahim Kalban, head of the primary healthcare department at DHA, told the press after the launch that the campaigns were targeting women and children because their numbers have been increasing over the years. "I don't have exact statistics but I know they are increasing," he said.
Support: Imams to spread word
Imams are being recruited to spread the word on the hazards of smoking, receiving training from medical professionals as part of Dubai's anti-smoking campaign.
Dubai Health Authority (DHA) launched the year-long campaign on World No Tobacco Day on Sunday, to roll out in four phases dealing with the community, schools, shopping malls, organisations and supermarkets, and women.
Dr Ebrahim Kalban, head of primary healthcare at DHA, said imams have started their training, organised by the Islamic Affairs Department in Dubai.
"The training session gives them the dangers of smoking from a medical perspective, which helps support the religious [edicts[ to not endanger one's health and others," he said.
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