SPEED UP THE PASSAGE OF TOBACCO CONTROL BILL INTO LAW – VALD LAMENTS
The only known way to reduce lung, oral and neck cancer, heart diseases, poverty in smokers is absolute control over tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke. However, many smokers are unable or unwilling to quit while tobacco companies aggressively market their products. The challenge of minimising the social costs from tobacco use can be summarised in four major tasks. These are discouraging people from using tobacco, encouraging existing users to quit, protecting non-smokers from exposure to harmful tobacco smoke, and reducing exposures to tobacco related toxins among any continuing users...........
February 28, 2011 | Leave a comment | Permalink
Legendary hi-life musician, Amakye Dede has vowed to quit smoking if he gets volunteers to help him.
Amakye Dede who was speaking on the Personality Profile segment on Drive Time with Kwabena Anokye Adisi popularly known as Bola Ray on Joy FM Thursday said although he is not a chain smoker, he is willing and ready to quit altogether..................
Wednesday, 23 February 2011 12:14
Honduras' comprehensive tobacco-control law took effect earlier this week - helping protect its citizens from tobacco use, one of the world’s deadliest public health epidemics.
Smokefreeghana.com joins international health advocates in congratulating Honduras for enacting the comprehensive law.........
As far as I can help it, I don’t smoke! Although I have not lit a cigarette myself since July 2003, every now and then I’m forced to smoke involuntarily, especially when I’m in Ghana, my home country where I spend all my vacations.
I have observed in amazement that not a single smoker in Ghana that I have come across is considerate of those who do not smoke. They still do not understand that if I wanted to smoke, I would do it myself.......
