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6 hours agoKosovo women's tobacco consumption growth
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Although the Law on Tobacco Control has been in force for five years, there are still serious problems with its application. The International Day against Tobacco finds Kosovo with major violations of this law, and not only by citizens, but that this law is violated by institutions [...]
And the courts are the ones that, with the procrastination of the matter, cause the sustainability of this law to be blocked.
They thus claim officials of responsible institutions who handle monitoring law enforcement in question. Faik Hoti of the Ministry of Health said that at first there has been an extremely good application and that the high degree of implementation of this law has been a surprise. But over the years things changed.
In the last two three years, there have been serious problems related to the implementation of this law, due to the lower evolution of institutions, which have responsibility to monitor and implement it. And also as noted in the Progress Report and the insufficientness of policy evolution, institutions respectively, in concrete implementation of this law.
However, this period of five years can be said to have produced positive results. Despite trouble. Because it created free environments without”, he said of kp. Hoti spoke of cases where fines were pronounced for violators of the law, said that the health inspectorate, has imposed 17 fines last year alone, which if translated into monetary value, total 16 thousand and 500 euros.
Those fines according to him have been pronounced and for health institutions managers, but have been pronounced for themselves, even in the first part of this year, according to him, there have been inspections on the part of the health inspectorate and so far, a fine has been imposed, for a health institution worth 3 thousand euros.
The Loss of Smoking by Young Ages
On the other hand, Hoti points out that according to research conducted by the National Institute of Public Health, with O's support BSH and the U.S. Center for Disease Control, there are declines in tobacco consumption by young age. “In 2004, tobacco consumption in ages 18 to 15 has been 6.7 percent, according to data.
And in our second study measurements in 2016, we have a decline of 6.7 percent to 4.4 percent. Which means there's a decline in tobacco consumption among young people. Also, what can be taken as a positive result is passive smoking in 2004, the rate of passive smoking of this age group has been 84 percent.
And in 2016 this has dropped to 43 percent. So we have one halve of passive smoking, which is as dangerous as smoking first hand”, he said. Meanwhile, Ibrahim Trsnjak, chief of the Kosovo Sanitary Inspectorate, said that since the law's entry into force, there have been positive developments regarding smoking control and that this indicates a cultural change. But the main issue of failing to implement this law, according to him, is the question of political support.
Female tobacco consumption growth
Trsnjak said entering into force of this law has not contributed to lowering tobacco consumption. He even says that there is a trend of increased consumption of tobacco in women, which, according to him, remains disturbing. There's no smoking whatsoever. It's a trend of growing smoking in women, which is very worried about the health elite. That he must do his job in educating such generations.
Especially is the most critical age between 15 and 18 years of smoking. In this direction, according to a study conducted in Kosovo, there are trends in female gender growth”, Trschnjak said. Otherwise, the Tobacco Control Law has come into force since May 22, 2013. Today, however, there is the World Day without Tobacco, which is aimed at raising health issues and dangers related to tobacco use, as well as inducing policies that reduce tobacco consumption.
May 31 is a world day without smoking, O BSH and other partners mark World Day without Duhan, raising the health issue for the dangers associated with tobacco use, as well as the reduction of policies that reduce tobacco consumption. This day in many parts of the world spends learning and talking about this public health problem. Paralyses disease (SKV), including strokes, is the leading cause of death in the world that kills more people than any other cause of death worldwide.
The global epidemic of tobacco kills more than 7 million people each year, of which 900 000 are those who are not smokers but exposed to tobacco. Almost 80%, more than 1 billion smokers worldwide live in low and middle - income countries.
