campaign on the dangers of Corona for smokers
The Saudi Pfizer Company has organized an awareness campaign of the dangers that smokers may be exposed to as a result of infection with the Coronavirus. Pfizer''s organization of this campaign comes within the framework of its various awareness-raising initiatives and its continuous efforts to eliminate this destructive phenomenon to health and society, rather than its negative financial consequences as well.
The awareness campaign aims to introduce the danger of the Coronavirus to smokers, and the complications and risks that people with Coronavirus in this category may be exposed to compared to non-smokers. The campaign presents the benefits of quitting smoking today, preventive advice for the general population and smokers, as well as general advice on treatment methods and how to quit smoking.
Dr. Ashraf Abdel Gayoom, the Emir, a specialist in public health, chronic diseases and geriatrics, confirmed that both smoking and Corona virus are harmful to the body''s systems, including the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. He pointed out that the recent World Health Organization report indicated that smoking increases the chances of death in the event of infection with the Coronavirus, explaining that this initiative aims to spread awareness among the public, especially smokers, of the risks that the Corona virus can pose to this category.
Dr. Amir praised the firm steps taken in the Kingdom by the official authorities, especially municipal and rural affairs, and the Ministry of Health to ban shisha and molasses in cafes and restaurants, noting what the Minister of Health Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah indicated that smoking hookah and molasses can cause the transmission of a virus. The new Corona, due to its transfer between hands. Dr. Amir explained that the need to increase public awareness today is more urgent due to public concerns that all smokers, whether cigarettes or hookahs, may be at greater risk, especially since a Chinese study confirmed that a quarter of the infected patients who needed intensive care or died from corona infection were from Smokers
The importance of this initiative and Pfizer Saudi Arabia''s keenness to activate it through various media coincides with new studies that reported that smokers face a greater risk of developing severe complications from the emerging corona virus. And information received from China indicated that people who suffer from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases due to tobacco use, or otherwise, are more likely to develop severe symptoms of Corona virus. And the European Health Organization previously confirmed that smoking can make people more vulnerable to serious complications from coronavirus infection.
