World No Buai Day is Friday October 7. As COVID-19 restrictions ease, Businesses for Health is encouraging people who want to end their chewing habit to sign up for their “World No Buai Day” campaign.
COVID-19 has disrupted work and social lives in so many ways. It’s also had some unexpected consequences. Whilst the infection control benefits of mask wearing are well known, in PNG masks have enabled people to hide their workday chewing.
With fewer mask wearing requirements in place, we are kicking off our campaign to get the workers of PNG to consider the health and financial costs of chewing buai.
They have set the campaign to run over seven fortnights or 96 days. This gives chewers time to think, analyze, plan, and to find colleagues and friends to support them in reducing their chewing habit.
B4H understands that chewing is part of many people’s usual routines, so planning is required if people are going to be successful in reducing their dependency on PNG’s favorite addictive drug – betel nut!
B4H Campaign leader and participant TB HEO Teresa said “the sooner people reduce their chewing, the better it is for their health. But people we also recognize that chewing is an addiction and it’s not something they can successfully achieve without talking to family, friends, and colleagues.
Addicts need encouragement or friends to join them in the campaign.”