Jump to full article: East African Standard (ke), 2007-07-23
Author: Martyn Drakard
Intro: I have neither felt the urge to light up nor understood the pleasure others derive from doing so.
The theme of this year's World No Tobacco Day, 'Tobacco smoke-free environment', together with the stepping up of a campaign worldwide to control smoking, offers hope. Hope, not just for a healthier and fresher environment, but also of reducing an enormous health hazard. . . .
One thing is clear though. Most of us feel well when we are out of the city where the air is polluted. This is the good a smoke-free city and country would do to the environment.
But does this mean that the Government has the right to enter our homes and implement measures that will prevent parents from smoking? Perhaps not, but public health authorities have a duty to ensure that parents are aware of the danger they expose their children to when they smoke.
For smokers, their days are numbered and they should remember that majority of people do not smoke and find second-hand smoke unpleasant, yet they often have no choice but to breathe it in.
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