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Riyadh mall bans smoking
Filed under NewsJun 1RIYADH: Sahara Mall, one of the largest malls in Riyadh, became the first shopping complex in the Kingdom yesterday to prohibit smoking on its premises to mark World No-Tobacco Day.
Declaring Sahara Mall a smoke-free complex, Dr. Khaled Al-Zahrani, assistant deputy minister for preventive medicine, called on other malls to follow suit. In his brief speech, he stressed that innocent children become victims of passive smoking, while smokers ruin their own health.
Considering the enormity of the problem in the Kingdom, he said the Ministry of Health has established a separate department to combat smoking in the Kingdom.
Tagged as: Abdulaziz Al-Khodairy, Amal Hospital, assistant deputy minister, General, General Supervisor, Grand Mosque;, Khaled Al-Zahrani, Majid Al-Muneef, Makkah, Makkah's Hijaz Mall, Ministry of Health;, Riyadh, Sahara Mall, Sameer Al-Sabban, supervisor, Tabuk;, tobacco products, undersecretary, World Health Organization; -
No-Tobacco Day Events lined up in all regions
Filed under NewsMay 31RIYADH: The Kingdom, in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO), has lined up a series of programs through its 20 health regions to observe World No-Tobacco Day today.
Deputy Governor Prince Abdulaziz Al-Khobairi will inaugurate a weeklong program to observe the day in Makkah.
Al-Khobairi will launch the program at the Ministry of Education in order to reach students, said Dr. Sameer Al-Sabban, supervisor general of the antismoking campaign in Makkah province.
Tagged as: Abdulaziz Al-Khobairi, Al-Ahsa, Amal Hospital, assistant deputy minister, Charitable Society, consultant, deputy governor, Director, Djibouti, Egypt;, General, General Supervisor, Hijaz Mall, Hussein A. Gezairy, Islamic Republic of Iran;, Jordan;, Khaled Al-Zahrani, Majid Al-Muneef, Makkah, Ministry of Education;, Ministry of Health;, Naif Al-Saeed, Prince, regional director, Riyadh, Sahara Mall, Sameer Al-Sabban, Saudi Arabia, supervisor, tobacco products, World Health Organization;
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