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Watchdog to Filipinos: Commit to quit smoking Posted: 30 May 2021 11:49 PM PDT CITIZEN'S watchdog Social Watch Philippines (SWP) has called on Filipinos to "commit to quit" cigarette smoking, as the country observes the World No Tobacco Day Monday, March 31, 2021. "Cigarette brings toxic chemicals to our body. Smoking also increases the risk of dying from cancer and other diseases, especially this time of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic," SWP said in a statement. Citing a study, the group said smoking is also one of the leading causes of death among Filipinos, as it claims 100,000 lives every year. SWP joined with Department of Health, Department of Education, civil society organizations and peoples' organization under the Philippine Smoke-Free Movement (PSFM) in promoting the health and wellness of the Filipino people during this year's World No Tobacco Day activities in the country. SWP also advocated the strict implementation of President Rodrigo Duterte's Executive Order 26, otherwise known as the Nationwide Smoking Ban, and the swift passage of Smoke-Free Act. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 70 percent of the 1.3 billion tobacco users worldwide lack access to the tools they need to quit successfully. This gap in access to cessation services is only further exacerbated in the last year as the health workforce has been mobilized to handle the pandemic, it added. But WHO maintained that tobacco users double their chance of quitting successfully with professional support and cessation services. "To truly help tobacco users quit, they need to be supported with tried and tested policies and interventions to drive down the demand for tobacco," WHO said. WHO's year-long campaign for World No Tobacco Day's "Commit to Quit" theme "aims to empower 100 million tobacco users to make a quit attempt by creating networks of support and increasing access to services proven to help tobacco users quit successfully." (SunStar Philippines) This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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