Cambodian PM says to quit smoking [Another of Hun Sen's broken promises. Hun Sen said he will cut off his head if he can't stop deforestations. He said he will step down if his supports drop below 60%. Well, his supports in the 2013 election dropped to 48% and deforestations had intensified, yet Hun Sen is still the PM]

Mar 27,2014

PHNOM PENH, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday that he is once again trying to stop smoking cigarettes after he had attempted to quit it for about 10 times in the past but failed. "I am struggling to stop smoking cigarettes. I don't know if get successful or not because I have determined to quit it for about 10 times," he said during the inauguration ceremony of a 120-megawatt Atai hydroelectric dam in western Pursat province. "I have reduced smoking to three cigarettes a day. Now, I want to quit them,"he said, adding that his hard time to quit cigarettes was the time when he was playing chess.

The premier said now there was no smell of cigarette smoke in his house.

Last month, the country issued a new circular to ban smoking in public venues and workplaces.

Mom Kong, executive director of Cambodia Movement for Health, said some 10,000 Cambodian people die from tobacco-related diseases every year.

He added that Cambodian smokers spent about 100 million U.S. dollars a year on cigarettes and tobacco.

The country has a population of about 14.8 million. Among them, 7.5 million people are adults. According to a National Adult Tobacco Survey 2011, some 1.4 million adults smoke cigarettes.