Coach and players of the national Sepak Takraw team hope everyone will stay away from cigarettes.

VHO - The 33rd SEA Games will open in just a few days, and for the national women's Sepak Takraw team, this is the final stage of preparation for the Games. The team is currently training hard at the National High-Level Athlete Training Center - a clean, smoke-free environment.

Coach Tran Thi Vui (left) and athlete Nguyen Thi My (right) send a message to stay away from cigarette smoke to ensure everyone's health.

Talking to Van Hoa while sweat was still rolling down her cheeks after a training session, athlete Nguyen Thi My said: "As a national athlete, we always practice in a professional, smoke-free environment. We are aware that cigarettes are harmful to the lungs and affect our health, so wherever we go, if we see someone smoking or there is cigarette smoke, we will have to stay away."

Nguyen Thi My wants to send a message to everyone: Smoking is very harmful to health. Not only active smokers are affected, but also people around them are seriously affected by cigarette smoke. Passive smoking increases the risk of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and is especially dangerous for children and pregnant women.

Cigarettes have long been warned to be one of the leading causes of many dangerous diseases for human health. Cigarette smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals, including hundreds of toxic substances and dozens of carcinogens. When smokers inhale smoke, these substances quickly enter the lungs, blood and spread to many other organs, causing serious damage.

"Therefore, I hope everyone stays away from cigarettes, to protect their health and the health of those around them. At the same time, protect the environment, clean and free of toxic cigarette smoke," Nguyen Thi My wishes.

Head coach of the national women's Sepak Takraw team, Tran Thi Vui, also shared that the team regularly competes in domestic and international tournaments. Professional environment of smoke-free sports . "When competing internationally, we are often arranged by the organizing committee to stay in smoke-free hotels.

That helps the athletes feel comfortable, at ease, and have good mental and physical strength when competing. We also hope that when competing domestically, the whole team will be arranged to stay in smoke-free hotels to ensure physical strength for the competitions."

Currently, the Sepak Takraw team is actively training for the competitions at the 33rd SEA Games. In recent times, Sepak Takraw has achieved brilliant results in regional and continental competitions.

At the 33rd SEA Games, the Sepak Takraw team will certainly face many difficulties because they will be playing at home against a very strong opponent, Thailand. "However, the more difficult it is, the more determined the team will be to strive for the highest results," said coach Tran Thi Vui.

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