How soon?
Jump to full article: The Accra Daily Mail (gh), 2009-07-20
Author: Written by Ernest Kissiedu
Intro: People continue to smoke wherever they find themselves without considering non-smokers around. Some instances have even led to conflicts between smokers and non-smokers.
The Mail called on Dr. (Mrs.) Evelyn Amankwah, cardiovascular diseases specialist who said parliament must expedite action to pass the bill into law.
This, she said, would help reduce any health related problems associated with smoking and contribute significantly to the cutting down of pressure on the country’s budget to the health sector.
She said research has generated evidence that secondhand smoke causes the same problems as direct smoking.
“Lung cancer, cardiovascular diseases and lung ailments such as emphysema, bronchitis and asthma are examples of these problems” she said.
Dr. Amankwah said analyses show that lifelong non-smokers with partners who smoke in the home have a 20–30% greater risk of lung cancer than non-smokers who live with non-smokers.
“Non-smokers exposed to cigarette smoke in the workplace have an increased lung cancer risk of 16–19%,” she said. . . .
She called for a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants to substantially improve the air quality in such establishments and the ban on public smoking would as well ease the daily conflicts between smokers and non-smokers.
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