riyals annually !!
Dr. Ashraf Abdel Gayoom Amir - a consultant in family medicine - announced that the Kingdom spends more than 12 billion riyals every year on importing cigarettes.
Amir warned against an increase in the percentage of smokers in the Kingdom, which now stands at six million smokers.
Adding: It is expected to increase their number until they reach ten million.
He explained: It is possible for a large number of smokers to quit smoking because of their lack of addiction .. in addition to the strength of will and conviction about its harm.
Dr. Amir: The majority of smokers remain in dire need of medical aid and support.
The role of doctors (according to Dr. Amir) - in supporting the chances of success is important and effective, and the occasional advice from the doctor helped 5%. Of smokers to self-quit smoking, and this means that this percentage can increase with the adoption of a complete program with specialists using proven methods and modern safe drugs .. such as champex.
He said: Smokers try to quit smoking repeatedly, which may range from two to three times, and may reach more than that before success in finally quitting smoking.
But despite that, the success rate achieved from those attempts remains small due to the lack of these attempts at documented scientific and medical methods, which usually include multiple axes ... the most important of which are medical support using approved drugs, behavioral change, and psychological and social support as determined by the doctor based on the individual need of each status.
