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Anti-smoking campaign launched 

The Fourth National Anti-Smoking Campaign was launched here on Monday. The campaign was formally inaugurated by Prince Mish’al Bin Majed, Governor of Jeddah, in Crown Plaza Hotel here.

The campaign will officially start its activities Tuesday by having an anti-smoking symposium wherein professors, consultants, experts and representatives from government’s anti-smoking programs will participate.

According to Dr. Abdurraheem Qari, the symposium president, this year’s campaign will concentrate on the doctors’ role in encouraging the smokers to quit the deadly habit.

The campaign has the support from both the public and private sectors: The Ministry of Health, National Guard, Nahdi Pharmacies and the International Medical Center have extended their helping hand to the campaign.

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