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KUWAIT, may 31 (KUNA) -- Ministry of Health inaugurated here on Tuesday an
exhibition aimed at encouraging smokers to refrain from smoking under the
slogan (My decision is to give up smoking now) coinciding with the World No
Tobacco Day.
Public health specialist and member of the national program to combat
smoking, Dr. Amal al-Yahya said that the World No Tobacco Day is among the
most significant occasions medical clinics are keen to highlight.
She pointeded out that the Health Fair took place in the Ministry of
Health for the presence of more than 2,000 employees a large proportion of
whom are smokers and, thus, the ministry thought it was essential to start the
awareness campaign in the ministry and then expand outside its scope.
She said the celebration is a health fair highlighting the activities of
the national program to combat smoking and working committees in the health
areas in Kuwait, adding that a series of tests and examinations, including
blood tests and checkups, would take place for those smokers to assure their
healthy conditions. (end)
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