ArticleJournal of religion and health2020
Islam and Motivation to Quit Smoking: Public Health Policy Implications.
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- Designing Religiously Informed and Culturally Acceptable Tobacco Cessation Interventions for UK-Based Muslims.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- A netnographic analysis of online active commentaries on Malaysia's tobacco generation end game.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The association between cultural and social occasions and smoking cessation: The case of Saudi Arabia.Tobacco induced diseases · 2023Article
- "Everything the hujur tells is very educative but if I cannot apply those in my own life then there is no meaning": a mixed-methods process evaluation of a smoke-free homes intervention in Bangladesh.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Delivered from the Temptation of Smoking: An Examination of Religion and Health Behaviors of New US Immigrants.Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
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Abstract
In the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office some 14 years ago, a 'religiously inspired approach' was proposed to combat tobacco use. This promoted a useful debate in the region. The purpose of this paper is to argue the need to identify the role which Islamic beliefs and teachings play (1) in influencing individual motivation to quit smoking and (2) in gaining support for public policies to reduce smoking. Ramadan and Hajj are taken as key points. These, it is argued, are times when Muslim religious motivation to abstain from smoking is strongest. This paper concludes that there is an insufficient evidence base on which to adopt a religiously inspired approach. All of civil society, including religious Muslim authorities, should rather supplement the efforts of health professionals to encourage smoking cessation.
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