National Anti-smoking Committee meeting held

TDT | Manama

Health Minister Faeqa bint Saeed Al Saleh delegated assistant undersecretary for public health Dr. Mariam Al Hajri to participate in the National Anti-smoking Committee meeting. The meeting discussed the committee members’ opinions regarding the tobacco control national plan in Bahrain.

Anti-smoking group head Dr. Ejlal Al Alawi presented a proposal of the committee’s annual report, which includes statistics, achievements, and efforts made by the relevant authorities to combat smoking and tobacco of all kinds. In addition, the committee discussed the heated tobacco products memorandum to be submitted to the Cabinet. They reviewed the tobacco economics in the GCC countries study, which was carried out with the support of the GCC Health Council.