The Red Ribbon club (RRC) of Innocent Hearts College of Education organized ‘World No Tobacco day’ under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Program based on the theme ‘Tobacco is killing us and our planet, it is a serious threat to our environment’. A poster-making competition was organised to spread the message - Commit to Quit. Through their posters, the student-teachers emphasized that chewing tobacco and smoking are life-threatening and have negative effects not only on physical health but also on mental well-being. RRC incharge Ms. Tarunjyoti Kaur told the student-teachers to be alert about their social surroundings and not to taste anything without knowing what it is. The fact that tobacco kills more than 8 million people every year and destroys our environment by harming human health through its cultivation, production, distribution, consumption and post-consumer waste was displayed through descriptive power point presentations by the RRC volunteers. Principal Dr. Arjinder Singh informed that tobacco and alcohol are often referred to as Gateway Drugs, as they are amongst the first substances consumed by adolescents. He motivated the would-be teachers to spread awareness regarding the ill-effects of these poisonous substances. A pledge-taking ceremony was also organized in which all took pledge to educate the addicts, the society about the serial killer- tobacco which comes in many forms and also beware from even looking at it or touching it.
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