"Smoke-Free" policy
Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University launched a campaign to raise awareness of the harms of drugs and their prevention, represented by the College of Social Sciences, where it presented the "Waai" initiative, which aims to (eliminate the scourge of drugs and psychotropic substances), in interaction with the security campaign "Lookout", which enjoys the follow-up and supervision of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince and Chairman of the National Committee for Drug Control.
This comes in support of the efforts of the anti-drug men, which have put in place to protect our youth and the youth of the Islamic Ummah from this dangerous and destructive disease, by applying severe penalties to all drug promoters, smugglers and users, to protect the capabilities of the homeland, and to eliminate the sources of this scourge.
Within the framework of activating the college's participation in the "AWY" initiative, many virtual and in-person seminars were organized in various faculties of the university, entitled "Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances", under the patronage and blessing of His Excellency the President of the University, Prof. Ahmed bin Salem Al-Ameri.
The Waai initiative aimed to achieve positive change in the personal and social behavior and behavior of individuals, encourage them to commit to a healthy and responsible lifestyle, and build strong social networks that support them in achieving their goals and developing their abilities and skills.
Which targeted university employees (students, faculty members and employees), where it dealt with talking about the phenomenon of drugs, types of psychotropic substances and their impact on the individual and society, behaviors of the addict, personalities exposed to addiction or abuse, prevention methods, treatment steps, family responsibility in dealing with the addict, and highlighting the efforts made by the security campaign to combat drugs implemented by security men, may God protect them.
In conclusion, the prevention of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances is a shared responsibility and requires collective efforts from all members of society. To achieve this goal, awareness and education about the dangers of drugs and the factors leading to their use must be promoted, and support and assistance must be provided to individuals at risk.
The Vice Presidency for Female Student Affairs, represented by the Department of Administrative Affairs, in cooperation with the College of Social Sciences, organized a seminar entitled (The Role of Values in Drug Fight and Prevention) as part of the campaign with our values we rise and rise, which was held on Wednesday morning, 11 Dhu al-Qa'dah for the academic year 1444 AH in the Great Hall of the Conference Building in King Abdullah Female Student City, in the presence of Her Excellency the Vice President for Female Student Affairs, Prof. Nouf bint Abdul Ali Al-Ajmi, and a number of university vice presidents, employees and students.
The symposium began with a welcoming speech to the honorable attendees, followed by the recitation of verses from the Holy Quran, after which Her Excellency the Vice President for Female Student Affairs, Prof. Nouf Al-Ajmi, gave a speech in which she praised all the employees of the symposium, thanking everyone for their efforts, led by the Vice Dean of the College of Social Sciences, Dr. Sarah Al-Ruwais, and especially thanking the campaign manager, Ms. Muzna Aba Al-Khail.
To promote and complete this campaign, the symposium was moderated by Dr. Amani bint Ahmed Al-Fantoukh, presenting two scientific papers, including the first scientific paper, one of the themes of the symposium entitled "The Importance of Values in its Prevention", presented by Dr. Ghada Al-Masoud, in which she talked about the values of the university community and the values included in the campaign in the first place, and then referred to the reasons for prevention, which are the lack of emptiness and self-occupation with what is useful and beneficial to it, and avoiding everything that harms it with awareness and prevention in order to protect oneself and the homeland, and moved to the axis The second of the symposium was presented by Dr. Doaa Al-Dayel, in which she talked about the geographical, social and economic factors affecting addiction, mentioned the concept of drugs and the stages of addiction, clarified the classification of drugs according to their origin, and presented pictures explaining the types of drugs and their impact on people, including "Al-Shabo", then touched on the types of drugs spread in Saudi Arabia and the impact of climate and its great role in the spread of drugs, and concluded her paper by mentioning the social and economic factors that have a role in increasing addiction.
At the end of the symposium, the Vice President for Female Student Affairs, Prof. Al-Ajmi, was honored with certificates of thanks to the organizers of the symposium.
As part of the Nabih and Weqaya initiatives of the Deanship of Student Affairs, the Volunteer Work Unit (Badir Campaign) organized awareness of the harms of drugs, in cooperation with Eshraqa Association, the National Center for Mental Health Promotion, and the University College of Medicine, on Thursday, June 1, 2023, Conference Building 416 in King Abdullah Women's City.
This campaign aims to increase community awareness, contribute to reducing the spread of drugs among members of society, for health, social and cultural awareness among university employees of the harms of drugs, and to demonstrate the efforts of the relevant government and private agencies, in accordance with the national strategy to combat drugs and the objectives of the Kingdom's Vision 2030, in a way that contributes to preventing them from this, building an ambitious conscious generation, and educating students about this scourge, may God protect us from it.
The campaign included the presentation of awareness messages through the presentation on interactive screens to educate university employees about the harms of drugs, the distribution of awareness brochures, responding to inquiries about abuse and addiction and how to quit, and introducing them to the existence of care and rehabilitation centers and services to help quit drug abuse secretly and privately, and rehabilitating them from the psychological, social and family side.
Al-Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, represented by the College of Social Sciences, launched a campaign to raise awareness of the harms of drugs and prevention, where it presented the "Be Aware for Drug Prevention" initiative, which aims to (eliminate the scourge of drugs and psychotropic substances) in interaction with the security campaign "Lookout", which enjoys the follow-up and supervision of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Committee for Drug Control, and comes in support of the efforts of security men and drug control, which put the protection of our youth and youth The Islamic Ummah is protected from this dangerous and destructive disease, by applying severe penalties to all drug promoters, smugglers and users, protecting the capabilities of the homeland, and eliminating the sources of this scourge.
His Excellency the Dean of the College of Social Sciences, Dr. Faisal bin Muhammad Al-Muhareb, said that the College of Social Sciences, within the framework of activating its participation in the "Be Aware for Drug Prevention" initiative, organized many virtual and in-person seminars in various faculties and institutes of the university, entitled "Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances", with the approval of His Excellency the President of the University, Prof. Ahmed bin Salem Al-Ameri.
Dr. Al-Muhareb explained that the initiative aims to achieve a positive change in the personal and social behavior and behaviors of individuals, encourage them to commit to a healthy and responsible lifestyle, and build strong social networks that support them in achieving their goals and developing their abilities and skills.
Dr. Al-Muhareb pointed out that these awareness seminars targeted university employees (students, faculty members and employees), where they dealt with talking about the phenomenon of drugs, types of psychotropic substances and their impact on the individual and society, behaviors of the addict, personalities exposed to addiction or abuse, prevention methods, treatment steps, family responsibility in dealing with the addict, and highlighting the efforts made by the security campaign to combat drugs carried out by security men, may God protect them.
Dr. Al-Muhareb added that the prevention of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances is a shared responsibility and requires collective efforts from all members of society, and to achieve this goal, awareness and education about the dangers of drugs and the factors that lead to their use must be promoted, and support and assistance must be provided to individuals at risk.
Over the past few days, Office of Female Students' Affairs of Deanship of Students'' Affairs at King Abdullah City for Female Students "KACFS" in collaboration with Permanent Committee for Anti-Smoking has arranged training course entitled "Introducing Regulations and Bylaws for Controlling Violations of anti-smoking Regulation".
Lecturing by Mrs. Hassah Ad-Dowsery, Head of Public Relations at National Committee for Tobacco Control from Ministry of Health, the course was focused on training attendance, from female security members, about anti-smoking regulation and implementation mechanism and the procedures adhered to violating female student for smoking inside the university campus. She enlightened them that, they have to fine the female students for 200 SR through a special electronic application reporting to Ministry of Health.
In order to complement the efforts made by our rational government in the field of combating smoking, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, represented by the Deanship of Student Affairs, seeks to limit its spread of all kinds among university students to preserve their health and achieve the Kingdom’s vision (2030), which depends on three main axes, including (creating A lively society that lives according to a healthy, balanced pattern. The Vice Deanship of Student Affairs for Female Student Affairs, in cooperation with the Anti-Smoking Charity Association (Naqa), has sought to organize a meeting entitled (Smoking and Women, Causes and Solutions) remotely via the Zoom application on Sunday, 8/3 / 1442 AH.
This meeting aims to raise health and educational awareness about the harms of smoking to the health of the individual and society, and the severe damage caused by smoking in all its forms and types, and to raise awareness of its dangers and the resulting diseases and their impact on human health, may God protect us and you from all harm.
The meeting began with Ms. Ashwaq Al-Ahmadi (Awareness and Exhibition Officer at Naqa Anti-Smoking Society) and Mr. Abdul Rahman Khairo (Awareness and Exhibition Officer at Naqa Anti-Smoking Society) by introducing the concept of smoking among social psychologists and the marketing plot, and the dangers of smoking on women’s health, and they also spoke On the extent of the effect of smoking on pregnant women and the effects of smoking on the human body such as the skin, mouth, teeth, eyes, and the voice as well, and they indicated that smoking is one of the most important factors inducing and causing breast cancer, then they went on to talk about the harms of smoking and the diseases resulting from it and its great impact on the health of the individual, and methods of prevention. And the treatment of it, God willing, then he talked about the factors or reasons for returning to smoking after quitting. At the end of the meeting, questions and inquiries from the students were answered, and participation certificates were distributed to the students by sending them to the e-mail.
#عمادة_شؤون_الطلاب hold an anti-smoking exhibition on the occasion of #اليوم_العالمي_لمكافحه_التدخين in the lobby of the support deanships (1), Building No. (309), on Sunday 28/10/1443 AH from ten thirty in the morning until eleven thirty.
Coinciding with #اليوم_العالمي_لمكافحة_التدخين 2022 In cooperation with the College of Medicine The Center for Voluntary Work Studies holds a scientific meeting Presented by His Excellency Dr. Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Al Sheikh Tuesday 11/1/1443 05/31/2022 at 7 pm
In order to complement the efforts made by our rational government in the field of combating smoking, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, represented by the Deanship of Student Affairs, seeks to limit its spread of all kinds among university students to preserve their health and achieve the Kingdom’s vision (2030), which depends on three main axes, including (creating A lively society that lives according to a healthy, balanced pattern. The Vice Deanship of Student Affairs for Female Student Affairs, in cooperation with the Anti-Smoking Charity Association (Naqa), has sought to organize a meeting entitled (Smoking and Women, Causes and Solutions) remotely via the Zoom application, on Sunday, 8/3 / 1442 AH.
This meeting aims to raise health and educational awareness about the harms of smoking to the health of the individual and society, and the severe damage caused by smoking in all its forms and types, and to raise awareness of its dangers and the resulting diseases and their impact on human health, may God protect us and you from all harm.
The meeting began with Ms. Ashwaq Al-Ahmadi (Awareness and Exhibition Officer at Naqa Anti-Smoking Society) and Mr. Abdul Rahman Khairo (Awareness and Exhibition Officer at Naqa Anti-Smoking Society) by introducing the concept of smoking among social psychologists and the marketing plot, and the dangers of smoking on women’s health, and they also spoke On the extent of the effect of smoking on pregnant women and the effects of smoking on the human body such as the skin, mouth, teeth, eyes and voice as well, and they indicated that smoking is one of the most important factors inciting and causing breast cancer, then they went on to talk about the harms of smoking and the diseases resulting from it and its great impact on the health of the individual, and methods of prevention. And the treatment of it, God willing, then he talked about the factors or reasons for returning to smoking after quitting. At the end of the meeting, questions and inquiries from the students were answered, and participation certificates were distributed to the students by sending them to the e-mail.
On the recent days, Permanent Committee for Anti-Smoking, in collaboration with National Committee for Tobacco Control from Ministry of Health, has organized an informational meeting for members of the University Safety and Security Administration concerning instructions for combating smoking inside the university campus.
It is noteworthy that, Mr. Saad Al-Ghamdi and Mr. Wail Al-Anazy, from Saudi Ministry of Health, and Dr. Ahmad Al-Ahmad, Dean of Students’ Affairs and Head of Anti-Smoking Committee, were attended the meeting.
Over the past few days, Office of Female Students' Affairs of Deanship of Students' 'Affairs at King Abdullah City for Female Students "KACFS" in collaboration with Permanent Committee for Anti-Smoking has arranged training course entitled "Introducing Regulations and Bylaws for Controlling Violations of anti-smoking Regulation".
Lecturing by Mrs. Hassah Ad-Dowsery, Head of Public Relations at the National Committee for Tobacco Control from Ministry of Health, the course was focused on training attendance, from female security members, about anti-smoking regulation and implementation mechanism and the procedures adhered to violating female student for smoking inside the university campus. She enlightened them that, they have to fine the female students for 200 SR through a special electronic application reporting to the Ministry of Health.
In an effort to enhance the public's awareness of the harmful effects of smoking, Office of Preparatory Programs at College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Al-Ehsa, attributing to Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, has arranged lastly an awareness symposium entitled "What You Don't Know About Smoking".
The Symposium, which was organized in tandem with Naqqa, Charity Association for Anti-Smoking, has focused on the reasons caused harmful diseases, and to what extent family and community could help largely in stopping smoking.
It is worth to mention that, Deanship of Preparatory Programs has regularly persisting a couple of awareness programs inside and outside the university campus.
A memorandum of cooperation was signed between Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, represented by the Deanship of Student Affairs, where the Dean of Student Affairs at the University, Dr. Ahmed bin Saad Al-Ahmad, and the Innovative Platform for Information Technology (My Appointment - We Are All Support Initiative) represented it by signing, represented by Dr. Muhammad bin Saud. Rashid Al-Hamali is the leader of the “We are all Sanad” initiative, a company specialized in the field of remote medical consultations, services and messages, in the presence of Dr. Sultan bin Faisal Al Saud, deputy leader of the “We are all Sanad” initiative, and Dr. Ohood bint Othman Al-Manea, Vice Dean of Student Affairs for Female Student Affairs, and Mr. Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Samari Director of the Center for People with Special Needs, to activate the national vision and achieve integration between the private sector and the non-profit sector to serve the community represented by the beneficiaries of students with disabilities at the university, and for the keenness of the Deanship of Student Affairs at Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University to achieve the principle of cooperation with external parties and to achieve the vision of the Kingdom 2030Which aims to find a citizen responsible for building the future of this country and achieving its aspirations by employing all available human and material capabilities to meet the needs of male and female students with disabilities and providing specialized programs in care, rehabilitation and awareness.
This initiative aims to provide (remotely) medical consultation services for students of the Center for People with Disabilities and students benefiting from social security for free through the “We are all support” initiative, providing awareness messages, facilitating access to health services and providing lectures and booklets for health education for beneficiaries at the university.
The "My Mawdadi" application provides services for booking medical appointments and telemedicine, and will witness in the coming period, the addition of reservations for home health care services and many other advantages and services, as well as providing its services in Arabic and English, and sign language.
Dr. Ohood bint Othman Al-Manea expressed her thanks and gratitude to the We are All Sanad initiative team, headed by Dr. Muhammad Al-Hamali, for sensing them to the needs of the sons and daughters of the country, and expressed her pride in the Deanship’s cooperation with such an initiative. She concluded her speech by wishing for this partnership to achieve its goals in serving university students, raising health awareness and promoting justice in health.
Believing that giving is an essential foundation for the growth and advancement of societies, the two parties agreed on the term of this memorandum for one Gregorian year, starting from the date of signing it by both parties.
The faculty of social sciences in the educational building organized 325 awareness programs entitled "the dangers of smoking" to reduce the spread of smoking among female students in cooperation with the anti-smoking charity "purity" in the presence of faculty members and university students.
The program included the presentation of the causes and effects of smoking on the health of the individual, especially women, where smoking is the first cause of lung cancer by 70%, and various heart disease.
The program's organizers addressed the definition of female students and visitors the most prominent ways to quit smoking through prayer, prayer, exercise and self-employment to the benefit of them, through the distribution of documentary leaflets on the harms of smoking and its implications for the health of society.
It is worth mentioning that the association "purity" offers many awareness lectures and mobile clinics, in addition to organizing field visits to schools, universities and government and private organizations, as well as offering recreational programs on summer vacations where it combines the spread of a culture of anti-smoking and pleasure aimed at hosting recreational and singing teams.
