Recently, Prime Minster announced that he plans to stop smoking cigarette after he is addicted to cigarette several years. That is a positive sign that helps his own health but he should examine carefully the import of many brands of cigarette into Cambodia’s market. And he should order all relevant ministries to review all ads affecting people’s health.
I noticed that cigarette advertising have been placed in the public places and on newspapers, magazines and in television. Companies try to find many ways in order to increase their sales, and its profit. They do not care about the effect of people’s health. Therefore they spend so much money on advertising. By the way, adverting messages is motivating people to think that smoking cigarette makes their feelings fresh or good.
At the mean time, there are education spots which are promoting awareness to people about the bad effect of cigarette smoking causing a lung cancer. I doubt why the government does not control all ad spots which have different meaning and harm health. Smoking not only affect cigarette smokers but also non-smokers as well.
If the government really takes care of Cambodian health, it should recheck all adverting which are destroying human beings’ health such as advertisements of cigarette, beer, and wine. Developed countries banned cigarette on media and public and smoking cigarette in public and government institutions as well.
Do you think that all advertising of cigarette, beer and wine should be banned?
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I saw in the newspaper, smoking too much will lower the IQ, horrible. We are less smoke, so that in 2012 had not yet come on the next hell.
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