smoking and its effect on the women(Iraqi community as sample)

The center of heritage revival organizes workshop (smoking and its effect on the women(Iraqi community as sample))

Under the supervision of the director of the center of heritage revival , the center in cooperatition with women affairs division/ university of Baghdad organized workshop entitled ( Iraqi community as sample) on Monday 11^th/11/2024 in the hall Nabila A. Al-Munam in the center , the lecture is presented by many researchers and professors . the lecture is presented by Dr. Fudhla Sadoon Jabar (University Health Division /university of Baghdad ) who talked about smoking and its effect that effected on men in genelal and women in special here it increases by two percent compared to men who smoke for the same number of years, and the chances of women getting heart disease are much higher than those found in this study. The lecturer confirmed that the risk of death from lung cancer among female smokers is twice as high as this risk among men, due to the presence of physiological and hormonal reasons, which makes female smokers more susceptible to the disease than male smokers, in addition to the external appearance that has become common in public places, which has negatively affected Iraqi society. The lecturer added a brief about raising awareness in health centers and public hospitals by publishing posters and health awareness brochures related to smoking and its risks to human health. In conclusion, the workshop included several interventions and participations related to smoking and how to stay away from this negative phenomenon, where the director of the center thanked the lecturer, wishing her continued success in serving our ancient university and our beloved Iraq.