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The National No Tobacco Week 2020 is taking place from May 25-31.
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
The event, entitled "Vietnamese youth say no to cigarettes and E-cigarettes - No
Smoking Challenge", is organised by the Youth Union’s Electronic Portal in
collaboration with the Tobacco Harm Prevention Fund under the Ministr of Health
and Vital Strategies, a Global Public Health Organisation.
The online contest is intended for individuals and groups aged under 35. Young
people can participate in the contest by recording short clips of action shows
or creative dances, suitable for young people and post them publicly on the
TikTok app with full hashtags #WNTD2020 #ThanhnienVietNam, #Noikhongvoithuocla
and #NoSmokingChallenge.
Participants can create clips (from 15 to 60 seconds), following suggestions:
Protecting young people from manipulating, inducing the use of tobacco products;
Protecting the elderly, pregnant women, children from the harmful effects of
tobacco; Building smoke-free models; Measures to call union members and young
people not to use tobacco products.
The contest aims to respond to the theme "Protection of youth from the effects
of advertising and use of tobacco products" launched by the World Health
Organisation (WHO) with the aim of increasing the interest of countries in their
activities related to the prevention of tobacco harm, emphasising the serious
harm of nicotine addiction, especially among adolescents.
Since then, it has urged governments to proactively develop and implement strong
and effective policies to protect young people from the dangers of tobacco use,
including cigarettes and new tobacco products such as electronic and heated
cigarettes.
Source: VNA
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