Give Up Smoking and Get Your Wedding for Free
A competition is underway in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia as an incentive for people to give up their smoking habit. A charity based in the Saudi capital has been offering free weddings to those who can stop smoking. All their wedding expenses will be paid by the charity and the incentive is being based at mainly young men.
In many Arab countries, the groom is responsible for paying for the whole wedding which can sometimes mean that a man will not get married until later in life until he has saved enough money. With almost seven million smokers in Saudi Arabia, this competition has created a wide range of opinions from chauvinistic to undervaluing of marriage. A charity spokesman has stated that the competition is aimed to create healthier and smoke free families.
They have had a very big response to the competition with literally hundreds of men interested in participating. One man even contemplated starting smoking just so that he could enter the competition.
Entrants will have to complete a course over a seven day period in order to stop smoking. The competition runs until August when the winner will be announced and another twenty competitors will receive furniture as runner up prizes.
By stopping smoking, money you would have spent on cigarettes could go towards a wedding!
Author - Pauline
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