The Chief Executive Officer of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Mrs Delese Mimi Darko, says there is no proof that smoking of water-pipe tobacco, commonly called shisha, and electronic cigarettes are safer compared to the regular cigarette sticks.
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As part of activities to commemorate this year’s World No Tobacco Day today, the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has urged tobacco users to seek counselling by patronising available cessation service centres nationwide to help them quit the habit.
The Chief Executive Officer of the FDA, Mrs Delese Mimi Darko, said the authority had taken a keen interest in helping tobacco users by referring them to such centres.
The centres include the Addictive Disease centres at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital, the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital and the Valley View Clinic, all in Greater Accra; the Adom Clinic and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi and the Sunyani and the Ho Regional hospitals.
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) as part of this year’s World No-Tobacco Day-2021 (WNTD) celebration, is intensifying its anti-tobacco smoking public education campaign in schools, marketplaces and transport terminals.
The education aims to sensitize the public on the need to quit smoking and the associated health benefits of not smoking.
The year-long campaign, under the theme, ‘Commit to quit’, according to the FDA, would advocate for strong tobacco cessation policies, promote increased access to cessation services, raise awareness of tobacco industry tactics and empower tobacco users to make successful attempts to quit smoking through ‘quit and win initiatives’.