{"id":38188,"date":"2025-10-20T13:07:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/?p=38188"},"modified":"2026-01-10T15:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:07:15","slug":"lecture-on-the-harms-of-smoking-and-drugs-as-part-of-the-university-of-mosuls-awareness-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/2025\/10\/20\/lecture-on-the-harms-of-smoking-and-drugs-as-part-of-the-university-of-mosuls-awareness-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture on \u201cThe Harms of Smoking and Drugs\u201d as Part of the University of Mosul\u2019s Awareness Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On <strong>Monday, October 20, 2025<\/strong>, the Center held an awareness lecture entitled:<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cThe Harms of Smoking and Drugs on Health and Society,\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\ndelivered by <strong>Eng. Mustafa Salem Mustafa<\/strong>, with the attendance of several researchers and staff members.<\/p>\n<p>The lecture addressed the <strong>major health, psychological, and social harms<\/strong> caused by smoking and drug use. The presenter explained the effects of these behaviors on various body systems, especially the <strong>respiratory and nervous systems<\/strong>, and their role in increasing rates of chronic diseases. The lecture also discussed the <strong>negative societal impacts<\/strong>, such as family disintegration and reduced productivity.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the lecture emphasized the <strong>importance of intensifying awareness campaigns and guidance programs<\/strong> in educational and research institutions, encouraging students to <strong>adopt a healthy lifestyle free from harmful habits<\/strong>, and raising community awareness to <strong>prevent the dangers of smoking and drugs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-38190\" src=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/3-10-300x225.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/3-10-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27225%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20225%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27225%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/3-10-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/3-10-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/3-10-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/3-10-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/3-10-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/3-10-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/3-10-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/3-10-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/3-10-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/3-10.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-38192\" src=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/1-12-300x225.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/1-12-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27225%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20225%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27225%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/1-12-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/1-12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/1-12-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/01\/1-12.jpg 590w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, October 20, 2025, the Center held an awareness lecture entitled: \u201cThe Harms of Smoking and Drugs on Health and Society,\u201d delivered by Eng. Mustafa Salem Mustafa, with the attendance of several researchers and staff members. The lecture addressed the major health, psychological, and social harms caused by smoking and drug use. The presenter explained the effects of these behaviors on various body systems, especially the respiratory and nervous systems, and their role in increasing rates of chronic diseases. The lecture also discussed the negative societal impacts, such as family disintegration and reduced productivity. Additionally, the lecture emphasized the importance <a href=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/2025\/10\/20\/lecture-on-the-harms-of-smoking-and-drugs-as-part-of-the-university-of-mosuls-awareness-programs\/\"> [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":38191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38193,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38188\/revisions\/38193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/watercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}