As Turkey celebrates World No Tobacco Day on Tuesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan found Another opportunity to reiterate his fierce opposition to smoking. Architect of Historic ban on Indoor smoking, the president criticized smoking rates and warned young people not to fall for Smokeless e-cigarettes, which are “no different from others”.
President hosted a group of Young people, from athletes to actors, for a event Highlight the risks of Smoking in the presidential complex in The capital, Ankara.
registered series of It measures governments of His Justice and Development Party (AKP). tookfrom “banning smoking indoors to high taxes,” adding that they are involved in effective struggle that helped “a relative decline in smoking rates.
Erdogan pointed out that young people who made Turkey is proud with infused their achievements in They have hope for The future in The fight against Tobacco products a desire to raise awareness against “this is fatal danger. “
Tobacco pandemic tops list of causes of death cases in terms of The most preventable diseases global health threat. All year100,000 people in Our country and 7 million in The world die of Smoking related diseases. Unfortunately, we still aren’t in a place we’d like (in terms of Reducing smoking rates.
President , who a favour for Reservation of cigarettes of smokers encountered, in return for Promising to kick the habit, he said he was fighting a struggle against Smoking from a young age. “I take their cigarette packs because I like people. I love the citizens and want to save them from what might harm them.”
he is also Highlighted danger of Electronic cigarettes, hookahs and cigars that have been replaced more Popular cigarette brands. “We are working on expanding fight against He said.
Although the days of people cigarette smoking in hospital corridors and public Buses may be long gone, and Turkey is not “totally smoke-free”. smoking addiction causes diseases that kill in thousands in country all yearmaking it the primary goal of Governmental and non-governmental organizations. Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed spaces in 2008 in revolutionary step for country that introduced rise to me term Smoking like Turkish.” However, the numbers show who – which more from 15 million people It is still smoked all over the country. Apart from banning indoor smoking, government do everything else options At its disposal to eradicate addiction, from offering free treatment to addicts to exorbitant taxes on Tobacco products. Ministry of Health also runs Hot line for The addicts helped by 40%, according to the data of Anadolu Agency. of Callers kick this habit last year. The hotline is connected to smoking cessation clinics set up across the country in The fight against smoking. Term of The caller’s addiction is tested before it is introduced with Individually tailored strategies to quit smoking. Specialists guide them throughout the process, in particular on Ways to overcome nicotine deprivation, directing loyal addicts to clinics. Health care teams monitor addicts for one year to me help and motivate them throughout the process. else yearabout 700,000 people It’s called a hotline.
Official numbers show that rate of The number of smokers increased to 28% in 2019, from 26.5% in 2016 – with 52.9% of males between ages of 35 and 44 smoke per day according to official Numbers, while the number for women It amounted to 24.1%. Figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that 31% of Among the dead men in Turkey stems from diseases caused smoking, while this rate is 12% for women.
