Friday, January 24, 2020

2020-01-25 Sri Banarasi Smarak Higher Secondary School MEERUT - NTCP 2020 SCHOOL TOBACCO AWARENESS


2020-01-25 NTCP  SCHOOL TOBACCO SENSITIZATION PROGRAM @ Sri Banarasi Smarak H S School, Meerut

Voluteers: Mr Manshu Goyal, Mr Neetivesh Kumar, Mr Rohit Bhardwaj and Mr Akash Kumar of ICanWin Foundation

Technical/ Medical Expert Dr Pawan Gupta and coordinator Mr Rabindra N Mishra of ICanWin Foundation.

Mrs Sweta Rani, Principal, mentioned that China adopted sporadic sensitization program in school colleges, offices and community; thereafter most of the drugs was controlled and now China is one of the super-powers in the world. She suggested that India should sincerely sensitize its population on tobacco, the way ICanWin Foundation is doing so that India moves towards being a developed country.

Volunteers discussed about the ill effects of tobacco on the youth, their family members and members in the society, overall health and financial burden in India and explained the relevance of SAVE the Youth – Win Over Tobacco program to control tobacco menace. #savetheyouth  #winovertobacco #knowtobacco

The program is supported by District Tobacco Control Cell (DTCC, c/o Chief Medical Officer Meerut, Govt of UP). Students and teachers pledged "NOT TO TAKE TOBACCO IN ANY FORM THROUGHOUT LIFE".



 “जागरुख रहें प्रारंभ न करें” comic booklet on tobacco awareness authored by Dr Pawan Gupta, MS MCH (National President of ICanWin Foundation and Sr Cancer Surgeon) was distributed among the 206 students and teachers;

a quiz competition was conducted at the end to which students answered as per their understanding. A Tobacco Control Committee consisting of 4 teachers was formed in the school to keep an eye on different tobacco related activities and its violation under COTPA 2003.
Students and teachers pledged "NOT TO TAKE TOBACCO IN ANY FORM THROUGHOUT LIFE".
Number of Participants - 206

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