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President Gayoom appeals to public to take on responsibility for safeguarding non-smokers from becoming victims of diseases related to passive inhalation of smoke 

President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has appealed to the public to take on the responsibility for safeguarding non-smokers form becoming victims of diseases related to passive inhalation of smoke. The President made this appeal in a message sent on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, which was marked on Thursday. The message was read out by the Minister of Health, Ahmed Abdullah, at a meeting held on Thursday afternoon at Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital to mark the day. In his message the President said that smoking at public gatherings, which poses discomfort and grave dangers to the health of others, was a distasteful act judging by the standards of a decent, progressive and civilized society like Maldives. . .

The President underscored the high priority given by the government to reduce the level of smoking in Maldives from a very early stage and pointed out that as a result, many of the measures being promoted by the World Health Organisation to reduce smoking have already been implemented in Maldives.

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