{"id":274043,"date":"2011-01-14T23:24:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T23:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=47541"},"modified":"2011-01-14T23:24:47","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T23:24:47","slug":"when-a-role-model-smokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/14\/when-a-role-model-smokes\/","title":{"rendered":"When A Role Model Smokes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_46851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46851\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-46851\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/13\/kwabena-kwabena-and-asem-caught-smoking\/kwabena_kwabena_smoking\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46851\" title=\"kwabena_kwabena_smoking\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/kwabena_kwabena_smoking.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singer, Kwabena Kwabena (left)with a cigarette in hand and smoke puffing out of his nose <\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nPeople have the right to turn their  nostrils into a tobacco chimney if they so choose and News-One or other  person cannot begrudge them for that.<br \/>\nOur only plea is that  persons who are celebrities and serve as role models for young ones  should try to avoid being seen by their young fans while smoking.  Children easily emulate what they see their role models doing and if  such role models do not mind being seen puffing toxic nicotine and  tobacco through their nostrils, then we have a looming crisis at hand.<br \/>\nIt  is not for fun that the laws of Ghana forbid the advertisement of  cigarettes on the electronic media of placing cigarette billboards near  basic schools. In our view, a celebrity seen smoking in public is not  different from the same celebrity seen on TV advertising whatever he is  smoking. Research shows that tobacco is very addictive and thus  difficult to quit.<br \/>\nTherefore as a country, we must take a  concerted effort to discourage our youth from failing into the  temptation of giving it a try. A recent finding showed that cigarette  smoking accounted for about one-third of all cancers, including 90  percent of lung cancer cases. Smokeless tobacco (such as chewing tobacco  and snuff) also increases the risk of cancer, especially oral cancers.<br \/>\nIn  addition to cancer, smoking causes lung disease such as chronic  bronchitis and emphysema and increases the risk of heart disease such as  stroke, heart attack, vascular disease and aneurysm. Smoking has been  linked to leukemia, cataracts and pneumonia. In Ghana, smoking among the  youth is already becoming a problem and we must fight it rather than  encourage it.<br \/>\nYes, our celebrities are human beings and have the  right to do whatever they want as long as it does not offend the law.  But we are pleading that because of the strong influence they have on  their fans, especially the youth, they should try as much as possible  not to do certain things in public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People have the right to turn their nostrils into a tobacco chimney if they so choose and News-One or other person cannot begrudge them for that. Our only plea is that persons who are celebrities and serve as role models for young ones should try to avoid being seen by their young fans while smoking. 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