Director-General of the Ministry of Health Malaysia, Datuk Abdul Rahman Hasan said the holy month of Ramadan is the momentum that's right for smokers to quit. According to him from a study of Muslim-mentioned 95 percent of smokers say it easier to quit smoking during Ramadan."Fasting 14 hours indirectly help smokers quit more easily because they can control the urge to smoke," he said as reported by Bernama news agency.
Hasan continued if it intensifies anti-smoking campaign with the slogan "Ramadan Starting Point Towards Quitting Smoking".
Hasan is said, if effective anti-smoking campaigns carried out during Ramadan, you can bet the government could reduce spending on subsidies for heart patients, lung cancer and other chronic diseases.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), five million people worldwide die from smoking every year. "This number does not include 600,000 non-smokers, including 150,000 children will die from exposure to secondhand smoke," he explained.
In 2030 the number of people who die because of cigarettes will rise again ie 27 400 deaths every day or 2280 deaths per hour, or one death every three seconds.
Source :Republika
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