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My Aunt has been pregnant for 7 months now, and is expected to give birth in 2 months. She’s very protective over her children and pays the utmost attention to give her children all she can provide, before and after birth. Aunt Layla complains about smoking in public places in Lebanon and is conscious of the fact that second-hand smoking could be just as harmful for her baby as it can be for her, and she has not even given birth yet! And so, the solution to her, as she has explained to me, is to spend as much time possible at home as she can. “I’ve basically spent the past 7 months inside my house, and what else can I really do?” No laws ban public smoking in Lebanon, and so a innocent trip for a “fresh” breath of air could slowly lead to harmful results for her own baby. Instead, mothers decide to stay at home, locked away from the public and the harmful life’s people lead. This is just one small story of the many thousands of stories of how people in Lebanon are being negatively affected by public-smoking and the lawlessness of our government and its inability to make a difference.
it was interesting reading this part of your blog. i wrote about smoking awareness as well and i think it is very important to take into consideration public smoking.Similar to your aunt's story my sister in law told me the same thing is happening to her, but in Jordan ;she is pregnant and can't go to public places because of argeleh and smoking. I think public smoking should be banned in all the middle east for the sake of the citizens health.
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