An awareness symposium at the College of Agriculture about smoking, its health harms, and the Sharia’s position on it

Under the patronage of the respected President of the University of Kirkuk, Professor Dr. Imran Jamal Hassan, and under the supervision of the Dean of the College of Agriculture, Assistant Professor Dr. Osama Ibrahim Ahmed, the Educational Guidance and Guidance Unit at the college organized an awareness seminar on smoking, its harmful effects on health, and the Islamic position on it, in the presence of the Assistant Dean for Administrative and Financial Affairs, Dr. Mohammed Abdulraheem Mohammed, and the college’s employees and students.

The symposium included two lectures by the college’s two lecturers, Dr. Samira Faydallah and Lect. Thikra Ahmed Hassan, in which they explained the harmful effects of smoking, especially on the younger generation, who started smoking at a very early age, which portends a major disaster for their health, whether smoking with regular cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, or hookahs. And also the Sharia opinion on the issue of smoking.

The symposium recommended intensifying awareness-raising media campaigns for young people to quit smoking, due to the health problems it causes for them while they are young, in addition to raising their religious awareness.