Jump to full article: Brunei Direct (bn), 2008-09-08
Author: Syazwan Sadikin
Intro: Ramadhan serves as the most appropriate opportunity for Muslims to practice self-control in several aspects of life, and some members of the public had opted to take it a step further and quit from certain bad habits.
"I've been meaning to stop smoking for a long time, but with the Tobacco Order in force, it's a good time as any other to slowly start quitting," said a 27-year-old man, who has been smoking for almost nine years.
He added that he was not going to quit the bad habit, however the month gave him the opportunity to cut down on smoking while observing the month of Ramadhan. . . .
Imams in their Friday sermons on February 15 called on Bruneians to be proactive and not wait for something to happen before finally realising and seeing the error of their ways.
The imams pointed out that smoking is comparable to suicide as the habit does not kill a person immediately, but the poisons in cigarettes cause gradual decay and can ultimately cause death.
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