FREE THE EARTH FROM DEVIL SMOKE

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whatever your views, whatever your religion, language, caste, color, creed, credo, nationality, profession, ideology, culture or any idiocyncracy --remember one thing that you will have to live, breathe, drink and eat on this planet EARTH. Therefore you have an obligation and equal right like anyone else to keep this planet livable and breathable. Cigarette smoking is one of the major causes that are making this planet unlivable. Rid yourself of this satanic evil if you are gripped by it and stand up against it. Join my blog and let our voices become one. Let there be synergy in our efforts.

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

THAILAND INTENSIFIES PUBLIC AWARENESS ON TOBACCO-BORNE DISEASES


BANGKOK, Nov 22 (Bernama) - The Ministry of Public Health is intensifying public campaigns on anti-smoking to reduce the number of patients suffering from tobacco-borne diseases particularly Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) which kills up to three million people worldwide every year.

On the occasion of the World COPD Day, Public Health Minister Dr. Pradit Sinthawanarong said COPD is currently the fourth highest cause of death after cancer, heart disease and stroke, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.

Three million out of more than 80 million COPD patients worldwide die of the disease annually, and the number of patients is expected to increase by 30 percent by 2020.

Common causes of COPD include smoking, second-hand smoking and smoke inhaled from burning materials.

Data from the Bureau of Epidemiology from the Ministry of Public Health's Department of Disease Control showed 90 percent of cases of Emphysema and COPD reported among 99,433 patients from 2007-2011 were caused by smoking.

A survey conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO) in 2011 found 11.5 million of Thais aged 15 years or above were smokers.

Dr. Pradit said his ministry's campaigns will focus on "3-reductions, 3-increases" strategies, including reducing the percentage of new smokers and smokers in rural areas; reducing second-hand smoking at home and in public places; and increasing mechanisms to prevent the private tobacco industry from interfering with the government's tobacco control policy.


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