Smoking at public places poses threat to health

RAJSHAHI: Frequent smoking at public places including railway stations, markets and other amusement areas has been posing a serious threat to the public health I the city, reports BSS.
The smokers don’t abide by the laws and are polluting the surrounding environment besides annoying the non-smokers. The incidence of hitching and altercation between the smokers and non-smokers is on the rise in the city.
Smoking at public places has been discouraged by law and there is a provision to fine violators of the law.
“We have law to discourage the people from smoking at public places and public transports but unfortunately its enforcement is almost absent,” said Advocate Abdus Samad, local unit coordinator of BLAST, while talking to BSS.
He believes many smokers could be prevented from smoking at public places if the law is executed strictly.
Advocate Samad mentioned that around 78 per cent of the smokers aren’t aware of the anti-smoking law and ban on smoking at public places and transports. Dr Zahidus Sayeed, Chest Disease Specialist of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, said the smoking causes multidimensional harms to the human body.
In this regard, they said the non-smokers are affected more than that of the direct smokers at public places or transports. So, collective efforts of all quarters are needed to stop smoking at public places.
He said smoking causes cancer, cardiovascular diseases, problems in respiratory and nervous system.
Terming the tobacco as the root cause of all the life-decaying drug addictions, he called for preventing the adolescents from smoking leading to its destructive consequences. So, time has come to prohibit them from smoking.
In the society, many of the parents face embarrassing situation with their addicted offspring’s and are being compelled to hand them over to police or rehabilitation center for their rectification,” said Prof Chowdhury Sarwar Jahaan, Pro-VC of Rajshahi University.

Smoking at public places poses threat to health

RAJSHAHI: Frequent smoking at public places including railway stations, markets and other amusement areas has been posing a serious threat to the public health I the city, reports BSS. The smokers dont abide by the laws and are polluting the surrounding environment besides annoying the non-smokers. The incidence of hitching and altercation between the smokers and non-smokers is on the rise in the city. Smoking at public places has been discouraged by law and there is a provision to fine violators of the law. We have law to discourage the people from smoking at public places and public transports but unfortunately its enforcement is almost absent, said Advocate Abdus Samad, local unit coordinator of BLAST, while talking to BSS. He believes many smokers could be prevented from smoking at public places if the law is executed strictly. Advocate Samad mentioned that around 78 per cent of the smokers arent aware of the anti-smoking law and ban on smoking at public places and transports. Dr Zahidus Sayeed, Chest Disease Specialist of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, said the smoking causes multidimensional harms to the human body. In this regard, they said the non-smokers are affected more than that of the direct smokers at public places or transports. So, collective efforts of all quarters are needed to stop smoking at public places. He said smoking causes cancer, cardiovascular diseases, problems in respiratory and nervous system. Terming the tobacco as the root cause of all the life-decaying drug addictions, he called for preventing the adolescents from smoking leading to its destructive consequences. So, time has come to prohibit them from smoking. In the society, many of the parents face embarrassing situation with their addicted offsprings and are being compelled to hand them over to police or rehabilitation center for their rectification, said Prof Chowdhury Sarwar Jahaan, Pro-VC of Rajshahi University.