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World No Tobacco Day - Protect Children from Tobacco Industry Interference
Join us at our Information Booth on Friday outside the Boole Library!
Internationally, every year the World Health Organization marks World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) on 31st May to raise awareness globally. This year the theme for WNTD is to protect children from tobacco industry interference. Find out more at https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-no-tobacco-day
In the wake of the World No Tobacco Day, staff and students from the School of Public Health in UCC, led by Dr Zubair Kabir and Dr Michael Byrne of the UCC Healthy Campus, are hosting an information booth in front of Boole Library on 31st May from 11am to 1pm, and 2pm to 4 pm.
Students and staff can also partake in a UCC clean up drive to symbolise the importance of the environmental impact of all forms of tobacco product littering.
Please join us to support #UCCWorldNoTobaccoDay to protect both our environment and the next generation of youths and children.
#TOBACCOEXPOSED
For more on this story contact:
Dr Zubair Kabir z.kabir@ucc.ie