\u2018After Two Months, Many Elderly Quit Smoking; Shopkeepers Stop Selling Cigarettes; Locals Hopeful for Other Villagers to Follow Initiative\u2019<\/p>\n
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Anantnag, Jan 1 (JKNS): Mir Jafar, a resident of Sheikgund Shangus in Anantnag, has taken the lead in transforming his village into a \u201csmoke-free zone.\u201d Over the past two months, he has worked with shopkeepers and elders in the community to reduce the sale and consumption of tobacco products.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe urged shopkeepers to stop selling tobacco. While it may bring some loss, I reminded them that Allah will reward them for their efforts. We hope other neighborhoods will follow our example,\u201d Jafar told the news agency\u2014JKNS.<\/p>\n
He said shopkeepers have completely stopped selling cigarettes and tobacco, and many elders who smoked for 40-50 years have given it up. This is a noteworthy achievement.<\/p>\n
A local resident praised the effort saying, I am grateful to the elders, youth, and especially Jafar Sahib for this initiative. Alhamdulillah, even if it\u2019s not 100%, at least 90% change is visible. Shopkeepers now avoid selling cigarettes.<\/p>\n
Notably, this initiative has brought hope for a healthier lifestyle and has inspired nearby communities to adopt similar measures.<\/p>\n
It is worth noting that a 2022 survey revealed that Jammu and Kashmir spends \u20b9850 crore annually on tobacco products, including cigarettes. (JKNS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
‘After Two Months, Many Elderly Quit Smoking; Shopkeepers Stop Selling Cigarettes; Locals Hopeful for Other Villagers to Follow Initiative’ Anantnag, Jan 1 (JKNS): Mir Jafar, a resident of Sheikgund Shangus in Anantnag, has taken the lead in transforming his village into a “smoke-free zone.” Over the past two months, he has worked with shopkeepers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kashmir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84977,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84975\/revisions\/84977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}