Smoking in public could end in Malawi: Environmental experts lobby for anti-smoking policy
Environmental experts in Malawi have called for anti-public smoking policy following high records of deaths due to smoking of cigarettes in public.
According to World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, over five thousand Malawians are killed by tobacco-caused diseases annually.
The statistics further show that six million people die annually around the globe from smoking with six hundred thousand people dying for living in an environment of smokers.
Reacting on the matter, Malawi Environment Health Association (MEHA) has called for the need to have anti-public smoking policy in the country.
Speaking in an interview with Malawi24, Head of department for the faculty of Environmental Health at the Malawi Polytechnic Limbani Kalumbi, who is also a member of MEHA said the country needs to have a policy curbing smoking in public places.
“First of all we are to have campaigns so that people should know the dangers of smoking in public to others and we are targeting the youths who are moved to be smokers by peer pressure,” said Kalumbi.
He added that Malawi needs to reflect on controlling tobacco pandemic by minimizing effects of smoking as the world commemorates Environmental Health Day on September 26.
The theme for the commemoration of environmental day is “Tobacco control… a response to the global tobacco pandemic” as declared by the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH).
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osalesa kutukwana in public bwanji
Komabe zili ngati kulemba kuti ‘ opezeka akukodza apa K50 .’ Nchachidziwikile kuti wa ndalama atasimidwa akodza.
Kuika malamulo mu dziko la ziphuphu ngati ili ndikungolemeletsa ena osati kukonza.
Chifukwa achuma ambiri adzisutirabe poyera kuti akangolipila .
Gud
Maluzi boma lathhuli asowa poti bela
Musawaphele ufulu osutawo asiyeni anjoye life yawo
Freedom yayamba mwano tsopano bwanji osango yambisa nkhondo timenyanepo pang’ono
Mbava Sizikumangidwa Mukufuna Mulimbane Ndiongosuta Ndende Mzozadza Kale Mangani Kaye Ndende Zina .
thats a good move, mumanyanya!
Chimidzi anthu aku Malawi,,,kusuta in public nkoopsa kwa anthu osasuta? muzafabe bas
apa ndiye malamulo akhwimedi ena amanyanya kusutira pagulu mosaganizira azawo amene sasuta.
Welcome development
Fodya akhale wabwino bweziso akuti, No Smoking ! Mumalo smbili?, kuchitaso kulemba pa parkrt kuti Smoking is hazardous!
Smoking in public should totsly end for sure, mmalo mosuta yeka amasutisaso ena amene amuzungulira, especially in town. For a number if time seeing people with asthma in trouble bcoz some wina anasutira fodya psgulu
Osuta Nonse Masapota A Chingambwe Fc Muli Mmadzi <3 KumbuKirani Kusuta Kumaononga Moyo kkkkkk <(")
Eya asiya kuzima
Eya asiya kuzima
Koma kumalawi Ku mwasowa nkhani eet. Kkkkkk zoona malo molimbana ndi kuvuta kwa electricity and water mwati muyambe smoking burning public kkkkkkkk dziko lakwathu kumvesa chisoni shame on us (Malawi)
Kusutira fodya Pagulu Nkowopsa Kwa Anthu Osasuta. Mwina Nanunso Ndinu Achingambwe Fc Kkkkkk <3
Anthu amoyo osadwala ndiomwe angathe kukonza magetsi/ madzi
izi nxankutu mmalo mopanga xoti tisasafe ndi njala mukulimbana ndi CHINGAMBWE!mupangaxo ndie kusutako!!mwamudya wankulu nkamba wakuxunguxan mu2
Smoking kills my brother it’s a very good move
Z dat xo? hw bout being without water 4 a week? ukhondo umachepa & dat can kill, nt smoking!
Nde mwati mutimangila ma salon? chibaba ndi chibabatu osaiwala..mutilembele ndime,kkk!
Zabwino Kwambili maiko ambiri anapanga kale ndi madabwa ku malawiko
zachamba zauchikape zomaletsa public kusuta sg mubwelele kumeneko