PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER: MANILA, Philippines—Paging smokers in Muslim communities nationwide.
Did you know that aside from 40-plus cancer-causing chemicals, cigarettes also contain “secret additives” like pig’s blood and wine, which are haram, or forbidden under Islamic laws?
Dr. Tato Usman, head of the Non-Communicable Diseases Office of the Department of Health-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, on Wednesday made the disclosure during a news conference at the DOH headquarters in Manila.
Citing “latest findings” of the South Africa National Halal Authority, or Sanha, Usman urged his “brother Muslims to abstain from smoking tobacco products.”
Usman also warned against the many ill-effects of cigarette smoking to human health, noting that “one stick of cigarette alone contains 43 carcinogens, or cancer-causing chemicals.”
The DOH official referred to, among others, nicotine, cadmium, stearic acid, tolvene, ammonia, carbon monoxide, arsenic, methane, and acetic acid. >>> Jerry E. Esplanada, Philippine Daily Inquirer | Wednesday, June 23, 2010
