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Over 400 take part in no-smoking campaign 

With an aim to promote awareness of the ill effects of smoking, the Ministry of Health supported the no-smoking campaign at Salam Tower on Monday. More than 400 people attended the special ‘healthy lifestyle and no smoking’ campaign along with health experts, also present at the venue.

There were even demonstrations on the ill effects of smoking and how cigarette smoke damages lungs. Cotton was placed in a tube and at the brim of the tube, a cigarette was allowed to burn. As the cigarette burned, the cotton turned yellow and saggy.

Faisal Ahmed, a teacher from Ahmed Bin Mohammad Independent Secondary School said, “The lungs also get discoloured in the same way causing excessive damage to the heart”. To demonstrate the above method Mosaab Gaily, Ahmed Jubran and Abdulla Abd al Rahman, grade 12 students of Ahmed Bin Mohammad Independent Secondary School took a proactive role in helping the people understand the harmful effects of smoking. . . .

Smoking seesha increases the risk of lung diseases and lung cancer too”. The event was supported also by the management team of Salam Tower with support from Qatargas, Qchem, Chevron Philips and other Salam Tower tenants.

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