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Ban smoking during Ramadan

REMEMBER once, as I was about to enter a mosque in Penang, I saw the imam smoking hurriedly before he walked in to lead the Zohor prayer. At a masjid in Kuala Lumpur, as I stood in a saf (prayer row) to perform the solat, a smoker stood beside me. I suspected that, like the imam in Penang, thi...

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Main Author: Hasan, Md. Mahmudul
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Language:English
Published: New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. 2019
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H65 Schools. Institutes of social sciences
JS Local government Municipal government
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
RM216 Diet Therapy. Clinical Nutrition
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spelling my.iium.irep.713472019-03-26T07:06:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/71347/ Ban smoking during Ramadan Hasan, Md. Mahmudul H65 Schools. Institutes of social sciences JS Local government Municipal government RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine RM216 Diet Therapy. Clinical Nutrition REMEMBER once, as I was about to enter a mosque in Penang, I saw the imam smoking hurriedly before he walked in to lead the Zohor prayer. At a masjid in Kuala Lumpur, as I stood in a saf (prayer row) to perform the solat, a smoker stood beside me. I suspected that, like the imam in Penang, this man also had a few puffs before entering the masjid as I could detect the strong cigarette odour. I was irritated and distracted by the smell permeating from him. It was difficult to concentrate. I encounter this often at other masjid. Once, I saw a man in uniform on a motorbike having a puff before riding away. Another incident was when I was at a clinic and could smell smoke from the counter employee. Don’t get me started on public toilets because some smell strongly of smoke despite no smoking signs. I have seen fathers smoking in family cars, exposing family members to secondhand smoke. I have seen teens smoking secretly at school compounds or toilets. New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. 2019-03-16 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71347/1/71347_Ban%20smoking%20during%20Ramadan.pdf Hasan, Md. Mahmudul (2019) Ban smoking during Ramadan. New Straits Times. p. 16. https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters/2019/03/468221/ban-smoking-during-ramadan
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JS Local government Municipal government
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
RM216 Diet Therapy. Clinical Nutrition
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JS Local government Municipal government
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
RM216 Diet Therapy. Clinical Nutrition
Hasan, Md. Mahmudul
Ban smoking during Ramadan
description REMEMBER once, as I was about to enter a mosque in Penang, I saw the imam smoking hurriedly before he walked in to lead the Zohor prayer. At a masjid in Kuala Lumpur, as I stood in a saf (prayer row) to perform the solat, a smoker stood beside me. I suspected that, like the imam in Penang, this man also had a few puffs before entering the masjid as I could detect the strong cigarette odour. I was irritated and distracted by the smell permeating from him. It was difficult to concentrate. I encounter this often at other masjid. Once, I saw a man in uniform on a motorbike having a puff before riding away. Another incident was when I was at a clinic and could smell smoke from the counter employee. Don’t get me started on public toilets because some smell strongly of smoke despite no smoking signs. I have seen fathers smoking in family cars, exposing family members to secondhand smoke. I have seen teens smoking secretly at school compounds or toilets.
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