“According to a new survey, the number of smokers
who are above 15 years old has increased since the government adopted the
smoking and tobacco consumption law of Myanmar in 2006,” said specialist Dr.Daw
Tint Tint Kyi from Insein general hospital in the forum to mark the world no
tobacco day.
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| a hospital in Rakhine state also known as Arakan |
“According to a survey in 2009, 40 percent of Men
and 29 percent of women in Myanmar suffer from hypertension,” said rector Dr.
Thint Swe from University of medicine 2.” Hypertension is related to smoking,”
said medical scientists. Thus, probably,
the number of smokers in Myanmar will be 69 percent. There are a great
numbers of secondhand smokers in Myanmar even though they do not smoke
themselves. And, there are a great numbers of people who suffer from smoking
related diseases due to the secondhand smoke.
In the international smoking control laws, smoking
in coffee shops and restaurants is prohibited to limit the smoking areas. But
in Myanmar, smoke free law allows smoking in coffee shops and restaurants
unless they are air-conditioned rooms. It is necessary to limit those areas if the government wants to
prevent the smoking related diseases due to the secondhand smoke. The world
bank is going to loan 2 billions USD to Myanmar for the projects on health,
Education and electricity. Unless smoking is controlled, Myanmar people will
not be healthy even though the government gets 2 billion USD from the world
bank. It will look like picking up the frogs through the buckets with holes.
Therefore, it is essential to amend the 2006 smoking control law which has
weakness .
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| a model tea shop named Lat Rway Sin in Yangon sources-New light of Myanmar |
