Thu, Feb 09 2012
Nearly 76 per cent of children in Bulgaria are exposed to second-hand smoke at home, head of the National Association for Pulmonary Diseases Protection Sophia Angelova said.
An anti-passive smoking campaign started in Bulgaria on March 1.
Children exposed to smoke at home suffer more often from asthma, bronchitis and other pulmonary diseases, Angelova said.
Only a third of the children in Bulgaria live in a tobacco smoke-fee environment, Angelova said as quoted by Bulgarian news agency BTA.
Apart from passive smoking at home, children suffered the same at clubs and internet cafés.
Research shows that 83 per cent of the children tried smoking.
The campaign launched on March 1 envisions free check-ups for smokers and events aimed at prevention and giving up smoking.
Opposition parties and environmental protection NGOs argued that this and other provisions were the result of lobbyist pressure from ski resort operators.
Ferry-boat service between the Bulgarian and Romanian banks of the river may continue if the ferry captains decide that the weather conditions allow the safe passage of the boats.
Bulgaria shut down two 440MW units at its Kozloduy nuclear power plant in 2004 and two more units with the same installed power in 2006.
We hope this donation can assist those communities which are suffering, and especially those who have lost their homes, James Warlick says.
February 8 EC report notes a number of developments in Bulgaria’s progress in judicial reform, the fight against corruption and organised crime, but points to need for stronger action in a number of areas.