SINGAPORE: Supermarket chains Cold Storage, Jasons, Market
Place, NTUC FairPrice, Prime Supermarket and Sheng Siong have
joined in the fight against tobacco use in support of World No
Tobacco Day this year by voluntarily not selling tobacco products
on Sunday (May 31).
This year, HPB launched its
annual National Tobacco Control campaign, I Quit, at a walkathon
event on Saturday, which saw approximately 300 participants
pledging to lead a smoke-free life to mark World No Tobacco
Day.
Participants were joined by
Associate Professor Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Parliamentary
Secretary for Health, who flagged off the event, held at West Coast
Park on Saturday afternoon.
I Quit, a national
anti-smoking social movement was introduced by HPB in 2011. HPB
said in 2014, I Quit garnered increasing interest, with 10,000
smokers signing up for the “I Quit 28-Day Countdown”, a 570 per
cent increase from the inaugural I Quit 2011 edition. Fifty-seven
per cent of those who participated in 2014 now smoke less or have
successfully quit smoking.
- CNA/xk
