Anti- Smoking Awareness Campaign

I have noticed in TV commercials nowadays that cigarette commercials do not appear anymore. For that, I consider it a remarkable breakthrough. This is good news to all who are health conscious. I also noticed that there are no cigarette promotions like glossy posters and huge billboards.

Recently while browsing the internet I just found out that here in the Philippines, it was enacted in June 2003 that smoking was banned in public places. The law also restricts outdoor advertising of cigarette products. But it was only in 2007 that all cigarette media promotions & paraphernalia were openly prohibited. That’s why you can’t see any posters in any sari-sari stores or in any malls anymore. I consider putting an end on all advertisement of cigarettes a good move. Young people can easily be lured by glamorous commercials and promotions.

Smoking is very addictive in nature. Many people are tremendously influenced by smoking cigarettes, especially young people. Although the government imposes a” No Sale Policy on Minors”, it is still not enough because young people can still buy cigarettes in small stores or sari-sari stores.

Smoking, as most of us know, do not just cause lung cancers, tuberculosis, respiratory diseases, etc; it also causes bad health effects towards the people around the smoker. And harming the people around you, especially your loved ones like your wife or daughter sons, is not good. It is not cool.

Despite people’s awareness about this issue, still they continue smoking. Why?