HomeNewsCampus ActivityTo Quit Smoking and to Persuade Other Smokers to Quit Are the Right Things to Do, Professor Says
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To Quit Smoking and to Persuade Other Smokers to Quit Are the Right Things to Do, Professor Says
<p>By Kevin Tang<br />
Campus Reporter</p>
<p>Taipei Medical University Department of Public Health Associate Professor Chen Ruey-yu (陳叡瑜) urged National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) audiences to stay away from tobacco and help smokers to quit at the same time, during a seminar at Classroom Cheng 101 on the main campus today.</p>
<p>"Health related problems that would come along with smoking should be paid more attention thatn how it is regarded today,” Chen said.</p>
<p>Speaking to a total of 60 students and NTNU staff members, Chen said that a total of 30 percent deaths of cancer would be related to smoking, and the figures are still increasing.</p>
<p>"Every year, a total of five million people succumb to smoking-related diseases such as lung cancer and oral cancer and it was estimated that this figures will be doubled in 2020 if we do nothing to help people quit smoking,” Chen said.</p>
<p>Chen would encourage people to quit smoking and help convince smokers to quit at the same time.</p>
<p>"A burning cigarette would release 200 type of harmful chemicals into the air that everyone breaths, so the impact will not be limited to smokers only. It is not just a problem of ethics,” Chen said.</p>
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