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The Councillor for Health of the City of Lorca, Antonia Lopez, this morning visited the information table located in the Alameda of the Constitution on the occasion of World No Snuff which was commemorated yesterday, May 31.

The objective of this activity, part of the Plan to Combat Drugs developed by the City of Lorca, is to raise awareness about the harmful effects of snuff.

Antonia Lopez explained that "have been distributed among the guides citizens to stop smoking, brochures and information for smokers, nonsmokers, women, youth and pregnant women, in order to raise awareness of the damage Lorca the snuff produced in the health of smokers and the people around them. Moreover, the information table, have changed carnations for cigarettes, by the gesture of turning off a cigarette ".

The Councillor for Health has indicated that "the objective to be achieved with this campaign is to help protect present and future generations from the health consequences caused not only by the consumption of snuff, but also by exposure to smoke same. In the same way is that citizens become aware of the usefulness of the help of health professionals to quit this habit as harmful. This is why the theme of this year's poster "A great day to quit."

Lopez stressed that "in the region of Murcia statistics from recent years show a downward trend in the consumption of snuff and exposure to environmental smoke, though the smoking prevalence remains high as 25% Murcia's population smokes, plus 5.9% were occasional smokers. It should be noted in this regard that there is a difference of 10 points between the number of men and women who smoke daily in our region. "

The mayor of Health has said that "Therefore, from the city of Lorca and the Directorate General of Public Health and Addictions are developing aimed at promoting the free spaces of snuff in different environments, especially in the health and educational actions, being currently also a priority favor the cessation of snuff. With campaigns like the one put in place by the World No Snuff want to continue this downward trend and get away with the tobacco epidemic that annually kills 5, 4 million people. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca