Give that habit the boot kicks off
This call is to promote Drug Awareness Week running from June 22 to 28
Are you ready to stop something they really love for one week, whether it is eating chocolate, drinking coffee, smoking tobacco or even shopping?
The #KickYourHabit campaign kicked off today and for the next seven days readers are encouraged to give up something they really like.
This call is to promote Drug Awareness Week running from June 22 to 28.
The #KickYourHabit campaign is aimed at raising awareness at the complexities surrounding addiction and dependence and seeks to build awareness through experience.
“By giving up one habit that gives you pleasure, you can experience what a substance-dependent may go through during treatment,” said Mr Thembinkosi Singwane, social worker supervisor from SANCA.
“The public participation campaign also aims to confront the stigma attached to substance abuse, with the understanding that anyone can become an addict,” Singwane said.
According to the recent statistics of Witbank SANCA rendered services to 45 children, 182 youths and 41 adults, which include three persons over the age of 60 during the first half of the year.
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