Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) concluded the ‘Time to Quit’ campaign, launched in May to raise awareness about lung cancer and highlight the risk factors that increase the incidence, methods of prevention, and the importance of early detection in the framework of World No Tobacco Day ( WNTD ) marked on May 31.
The campaign, launched through direct and virtual platforms, included many events and activities and workshops and awareness competitions, with the participation of several government and private institutions.
Huda al-Yafei, director of programmes and events department at QCS, said: "We are doing this campaign of WNTD to raise the awareness in the community about the importance of quitting smoking, effects of active and passive smoking, and this campaign is happening to complement the awareness role of the charity since its establishment in 1997 to raise awareness about cancer and correct misconceptions about it,”
Smoking is one of the risk factors for lung cancer, and the symptoms are cough that does not go away or get worse, chest pain that is often worse with deep breathing, coughing, or laughing, hoarseness, weight loss, and loss of appetite, coughing up blood or rust-coloured sputum, shortness of breath, feeling tired or weak, infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia that don't go away or keep coming back and new onset of wheezing, noted al-Yafei.
She said that several measures could reduce the risk of developing lung cancer.
There's no sure way to prevent lung cancer, but it can be reduced if people do not smoke or stop smoking if they smoke and avoid second-hand smoke.
Dr Hadi Mohamad Abu Rasheed, acting head of professional development and scientific research department at QCS, said that Qatar has made significant progress in the field of tobacco control in recent years. However, according to a recent study in Qatar in 2019 an estimated 25.2% of adults are current tobacco users. Around 85% of tobacco users are males, and 15% are females. And about 61% of current tobacco users are non-Qataris, while 39% are Qataris.
Huda al-Yafei, director of programmes and events department at QCS, said: "We are doing this campaign of WNTD to raise the awareness in the community about the importance of quitting smoking, effects of active and passive smoking, and this campaign is happening to complement the awareness role of the charity since its establishment in 1997 to raise awareness about cancer and correct misconceptions about it,”
Smoking is one of the risk factors for lung cancer, and the symptoms are cough that does not go away or get worse, chest pain that is often worse with deep breathing, coughing, or laughing, hoarseness, weight loss, and loss of appetite, coughing up blood or rust-coloured sputum, shortness of breath, feeling tired or weak, infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia that don't go away or keep coming back and new onset of wheezing, noted al-Yafei.
She said that several measures could reduce the risk of developing lung cancer.
There's no sure way to prevent lung cancer, but it can be reduced if people do not smoke or stop smoking if they smoke and avoid second-hand smoke.
Dr Hadi Mohamad Abu Rasheed, acting head of professional development and scientific research department at QCS, said that Qatar has made significant progress in the field of tobacco control in recent years. However, according to a recent study in Qatar in 2019 an estimated 25.2% of adults are current tobacco users. Around 85% of tobacco users are males, and 15% are females. And about 61% of current tobacco users are non-Qataris, while 39% are Qataris.