Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz, Acting Governor of Riyadh Region and Chairman of the Anti Smoking Charitable Association (ASCA) will patronize on April 20 to 22, the International forum on "Anti smoking efforts and experiences" at Makarem Auditorium, Riyadh Marriott. The various aspects of the Forum's goals include a review of the successes of the human spirit in anti-smoking and serious danger of smoking to human lives; the transformation of the world's pioneering experiences to programs and activities to reduce the growing phenomenon of smoking in our country; access to community-based intervention programs that have proved useful in some countries and its application within the strategic plan to combat smoking and psychotropic substances, said Suleiman Abdulrahman Al Sabbi, the Secretary General of ASCA. In addition to this, the Forum will benefit from global experiences in the trial of the companies producing and promoting tobacco as well as expose citizens to ideas and experiences that protect them from the negative effects of smoking, he added.
