United Nations had set aside May 31st as a "No Tobacco Day". AbacusConsulting joined the noble cause and to create awareness of the hazards of smoking, arranged awareness sessions for its employees, at offices, across Pakistan.
The first session was held at AbacusConsulting in Lahore. Dr. Sumera Butt and Ms. Sadiya Ajmal from Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, conducted the session.
The second session held at Karachi, was conducted by Dr. Iqtedar Ahmed and Mr. Mudassir Habib from from Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre.
The third session held at Islamabad, was conducted by Dr. Muhammad Azfar and Mr. Mirza rizwan Baig from Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre.
World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year on May 31. It is meant to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption across the globe. The day is further intended to draw global attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and to negative health effects, which currently lead to deaths worldwide annually. The member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) created World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) in 1987. In the past twenty years, the day has been met with both enthusiasm and resistance across the globe from governments, public health organizations, smokers, growers, and the tobacco industry.
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