In the context of paying attention to society’s problems and issues, the College of Education for Human Sciences held a scientific symposium on.. (addiction to smoking cigarettes, hookah and electronic cigarettes), which was held by the Psychological Counseling and Educational Guidance Unit at the College of Education for Human Sciences. The symposium included a lecture presented by Professor (Dr. In the college) it dealt with (the reasons that push the individual to smoke, including psychological, family and social causes and the influence of peers. The focus was on the types and components of cigarettes and hookahs, as well as the components of plumbing and electronic hookah. The lecture also touched on the increase in the percentage of hookah smoking over the proportion of current smokers of cigarettes among school students in the age group 13 -15 years, twice as much.
The symposium discussed ... (the damages caused by smoking, as it was mentioned that there are 400 harmful substances in cigarettes in addition to nicotine, as well as the harms of passive smoking and the harms of smoking on the individual and the community in terms of health, social and economic terms). The lecture focused on the Islamic Sharia’s viewpoint on smoking and its prohibition It is considered a sin because it affects the health of the individual and those around him
It causes serious and chronic diseases to the smoker, such as cancer, kidney failure, tooth damage and osteoporosis. The damages caused by smoking cigarettes and electronic hookahs, and the health problems they cause due to the explosion of cigarettes and hookahs while inhaling their smoke, because they contain a battery, charger and flammable means).
The symposium indicated that (the aim of holding the symposium is to educate university students about the harmful effects of smoking as a gateway to addiction, and that young college students can quit smoking when they are young before nicotine and cigarette toxins can reach them, and instead of being slaves to cigarettes, they can through willpower. Persistence is able to make the decision early to quit smoking of all kinds, and that they can join the Smoking Cessation Club and be exposed to the counseling program prepared by the Counseling Unit in the college to take the hand of our dear students and help them quit smoking) At the end of the symposium, several recommendations were put forward, including the activation of the smoking law No. 19
And the inclusion of school curricula and educational and educational programs with materials showing the total damages resulting from smoking and its dangers to smokers and non-smokers.
And the establishment of educational programs and periodic awareness-raising programs in educational and educational institutions, places of worship, health and cultural institutions, and in various media about the harms of smoking within the framework of an annual national plan.
