Jump to full article: Gulf News (ae), 2003-05-31
Author: Sunil K. Vaidya
Intro: Tobacco addiction is not recognised as a major problem in Oman, where laws are in place to counter the menace of smoking in the country.
And, the need to update mechanism to ensure that the anti-smoking legislation is enforced is never felt necessary more than now when the "World No Tobacco Day" is being celebrated globally today under the aegis of the World Health Organisation (WHO). . .
A comprehensive tobacco control law is a must to monitor and combat the sale of tobacco products to youngsters. Interestingly, those who sell tobacco products are only covered by a commercial license in Oman, at least at present. . .
However, the impact of Bollywood (Indian films) and Hollywood films cannot be denied on the youth of this country. Thus it would definitely have an indirect impact.
The youth of Oman (and other GCC member states) are more geared towards sporting activities, mainly soccer.
Thus Oman has taken a prudent step of banning advertising or promoting of sporting activities by the tobacco-related products.
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