25 February 2023
Visitors to Kampot will be enable to enjoy activities without being assailed by tobacco smoke after the Mayor of Kampot confirmed that the city has been designated as a no-smoking tourist destination.
On February 23, 2023, at Srah Chhouk Resort, Kampot City, the city administration announced a campaign under the theme “Together we reduce and eliminate the use of all kinds of tobacco for a city without smoking”
The campaign involves citizens, officials, departments, units, forces and district authorities throughout the city.
Kampot Mayor Leang Roeun Sothy confirmed that Kampot had recently been designated as a no-smoking tourist destination.
He clarified that this meant that it is not forbidden to smoke, but smokers must smoke in a place that does not affect others.
The young people of Kampot province who participated in this event showed great support and satisfaction that Kampot is a tourist city without cigarettes and asked people, especially young people to reduce or stop smoking so as not to affect their own health and the health of those around them.