Jump to full article: Times of Malta (mt), 2009-04-29
Author: Alan Deidun, Gudja
Intro: European institutions are frequently chastised for their perceived detachment from the common citizen. The Help-EU initiative, which aims to dissuade young Europeans from taking up the habit of smoking and in persuading smokers to kick the habit, is one of those initiatives which debunk such a myth.
As rightly stated, within such an initiative there is a welter of reasons as to why youngsters should not endear to cigarettes, among which the fact that tobacco kills (one out of 10 smokers had life expectancy reduced by 20 years), tobacco is addictive, it has negative health repercussions, including impotence for men and ectopic pregnancy and spontaneous abortions in women, tobacco smoke impinges on the health of others besides the smoker and tobacco is expensive.
Especially insipid and heinous is the threat posed to young children and non-smokers in general through passive smoking. . . .
A corpulent body of scientific evidence backs the anti-smoking movement - such evidence should be watered down and made available to the layman. This is but one of the many laudable objectives of the Help-EU initiative. Visit www.help-eu.com to get to know more about how you can help your friends kick the habit and live a life free from the shackles of tobacco.
Let us remember tobacco remains the only legal consumer product that kills half of its regular users - WHO.
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