ARMENIAN STUDENTS ORGANIZE ANTI-SMOKING MARCH
Tert.am
10:18 31.05.10
The Student council of the American University of Armenia in
cooperation with other Armenian universities and volunteers of
the Armenian Office of the Red Cross will organize a student march
dedicated to the World No Tobacco Day.
The march is aimed at once again drawing public and healthcare
specialist attention to the smoking epidemic, raising awareness about
the harm that smoking causes to the health, as well as involving the
youth in preventing smoking and its consequences in Armenia.
The aim of this campaign is also to raise awareness about the current
law on smoking in Armenia.
At 5 pm today the marchers will meet at the Cascade complex and will
move to the Yerevan State Medical University where the participants
of Tobacco or Health conference will join them. Further the march
will go forward through Abovyan Street to its final destination – the
Republican Square – where the participants will use empty cigarette
boxes to prepare posters that will read No Smoking and Fresh Air.
The march is planned to end at 7-7:30 pm.
From: A. Papazian