DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “Nearly 10,000 Cambodians die of smoking annually: expert” plus 3 more

DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “Nearly 10,000 Cambodians die of smoking annually: expert” plus 3 more

Nearly 10,000 Cambodians die of smoking annually: expert

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 12:25 AM PST

PHNOM PENH, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 10,000 people died of smoking every year in Cambodia, Dr. Mom Kong, executive director of Cambodia Movement for Health (CMH), said Thursday.

Speaking in a consultative workshop on tobacco smoke at the Ministry of Social Affairs, he said that it was estimated that Cambodian smokers spent about 99 million U.S. dollars a year for buying cigarettes and tobacco.

Also, he said the expense on medical treatment for cancer patients caused by tobacco is much higher than that of tobacco expense.

"According to a preliminary study by the kingdom's Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital, the cancer treatment for a cancer patient cost about 10,000 U.S. dollars," he said.

Tobacco is seriously harmful to the health of smokers and other people when their smoke drifts around, other people breathe it in, he said.

Ith Samheng, Minister of Social Affairs, said according the study by the National Institute of Statistics, 80 percent of Cambodian children and 75 percent of woman are living in houses that have at least one family member as smoker.

The country has the population of about 14.5 million. Of the number, 7.5 million people are adults. According to a National Adult Tobacco Survey 2011, some 1.4 million adult Cambodians smoke cigarettes and other 550,000 people use smokeless tobacco (betel quid).

Cambodian PM to attend series of summits in Laos next week

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 08:02 PM PST

PHNOM PENH, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high delegation to attend a series of summits in Vientiane, Laos during March 12-13, according to a Foreign Ministry's press release on Thursday.

The forthcoming summits include the 7th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam ( CLV) Summit, the 6th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Summit, and the 5th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Summit.

Senior officials accompanying the premier will include Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh, and other members of the Cambodian government, the press release said.

During the summits, the leaders of CLV will sign a joint statement on strengthening cooperation in the CLV Development Triangle, while the CLMV and ACMECS leaders will adopt the joint statement of the 6th CLMV Summit, the Vientiane declaration of the 5th ACMECS Summit, and ACMECS plan of action 2013-2015, it said.

Besides, Hun Sen will pay a courtesy call on President of Laos Choummaly Sayasone.

7 indigenous people died in house fire in northeastern Cambodia: police

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 08:00 PM PST

PHNOM PENH, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Seven persons died and one injured in a wooden house fire early Thursday in Mondolkiri province's Senmonorom town in far northeastern Cambodia, police said.

The incident happened at 2:15 a.m. local time early Thursday at the house of an ethnic minority family in a plot of farmland in the town, Peril Ramming, police chief of Senmonorom town, said Thursday.

"A family including father, mother and five children were killed in the blaze," he told Xinhua over telephone. "Another woman, who is the family's relative, was in critical condition while she escaped the fire by jumping out of the burning stilt- wooden house through a window."

He said that among the dead, four were aged between 2 and 8 years old.

Police concluded that the blaze was caused by a burnt cigarette smoked by the drunken father, he said.

"In their house, there were several containers of gasoline and engines as well as two motorcycles. After he smoked, he probably threw the burnt cigarette nearby the gasoline containers and ignited the fire," he said.

It was the second remarkable fire incident in Cambodia after the first one happened at a night market in the tourism hub in northwestern Siem Reap province in December, killing 8 people.

Abortions, alcohol drinking common among entertainment workers in Cambodia: study

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 07:57 PM PST

PHNOM PENH, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Abortions and alcohol drinking at workplace are common issues among female entertainment workers in Cambodia, according to a new study released Wednesday.

The study, designed by NGO FHI 360 and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)-Cambodia, was conducted on 77 women, men and men having sex with men in Phnom Penh city, Siem Reap city, Poipet city and Sihanoukville.

It aimed at examining HIV risks among female workers in entertainment places such as bars, beer gardens, discotheques, karaoke parlors and night clubs. "Abortions and drinking are common among them,"the report said, adding that those workers knew clearly how to prevent HIV.

It is estimated that the country has about 35,000 females working in entertainment places. According to the National Aids Authority, entertainment workers are classified into the high-risk group of HIV infections besides drug users.

Speaking at the launching of the study, Mak Vann, secretary of state at the Ministry of Education, said the result of the study was useful for concerned institutions and non-governmental organizations to find ways to assist entertainment workers in preventing HIV infections.

According to the National institute of Public Health, currently, about 77,861 Cambodian people have contracted HIV/AIDS including 5, 349 children.

The disease killed about 2,365 people in 2012, down 9 percent from 2,608 deaths in 2011.

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