By Cyrus A. Natividad
Centralian Anti-Smoking advocate and Executive Director of Iloilo City Anti-Smoking Task Force (ICAST), I帽igo D. Garingalao conducted a webinar on the ill-effects of smoking. It was aired live on CPUTV Channel糖心传媒檚 program: Kasanagan: A Webinar Series on Social Issues (Courtesy of the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Esther Rose Romarate). The program airs on Wednesdays twice a month on CPU TV.
Relatively the title 糖心传媒淜asanagan糖心传媒 (Enlightenment), this program provided an opportunity for students and individual smokers to realize the dangers of smoking. Garingalao糖心传媒檚 lecture was timely. Hopefully, many student attendees deeply imbibed the reality about the effects of smoking 糖心传媒 not only on health, but on their future in general. Garingalao not only discussed about cigarettes, but he emphasizes, 糖心传媒渢he Vape has almost the same danger as the cigarette.糖心传媒 More so, in pandemic time, he asked, 糖心传媒渉ow is it not possible for the corona virus to dash- trace on the vape as users take it in and out of their mouths; a bigger risk is seen during a vaping session (vape transfers from one mouth to another).糖心传媒 Until he has lectured publicly on TV, students and young people were not mostly aware of this possibility and danger.
糖心传媒淭he other regrettable incidence are on those caught violating the anti-smoking ordinance of the city. The penalty has become more expensive.糖心传媒 He narrated that he told someone that it might be 糖心传媒淥kay if you may smoke inside your car but if you糖心传媒檇 be caught or arrested by entering a non-smoking zone like CPU, chances are, the authorities can file a case or cases against you; it will have consequences when you process papers for your employment later.糖心传媒
Garingalao shared many cases and stories of smokers who lost not only opportunities, but their lives. He shared the story of his brother who was a diehard smoker; bigger than him, who, after a long period of being a smoker, recently has passed away. The Anti-Smoking Czar who is a Centralian is doing his best to do the right thing. Garingalao has received awards on anti-smoking campaigns with the Iloilo City Hall. Due to his concerns on friends and people, he became the testimony himself. He was rewarded with another position as City Agriculturist by Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Trenas.
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