Raise awareness in schools to prevent smoking by a competition.
Logrono, August 17 .- A competition organized by the city of Logrono and the Spanish Association Against Cancer awareness school 1st and 2nd of ESO schools in the capital of La Rioja in the prevention of smoking, today reported the Councillor for Health , Pilar Criado.
Raised in a briefing, presented the invitation to tender "Classes without smoke", framed in the Municipal Plan of the, mortal gold, City of Logrono Drogodepencia.
He explained that each classroom participating in this initiative will have a teacher to act as a contact and support throughout the competition and has detailed the students will undertake in writing not to smoke during the course of the contest, the November 2, 2010 to April 20, 2011.
You, as the town councilor, this, mortal gold, commitment involves the development of a slogan - made up a sentence or a drawing-on the prevention of the consumption of snuff, which serves to raise awareness among young people of the benefits of not smoking or quitting smoking.
He added that each student sign a personal commitment to teach their parents to inform the development of the, ffxiv gil, competition.
Raised explained that the teacher responsible for each classroom will be tracked and actively promote preventive snuff consumption in the classroom, in addition, the organization of the contest may do tests to confirm the statements of students.
He stated that there will be a first prize for the winning classroom, a prize for the best slogan and that may grant up to a maximum of four accesit, according Criado, prizes will consist of vouchers redeemable for books, CDs, computer games and stationery .
He explained that this initiative is extended to the family with the hood "Families without Smoke," in which the complete family units must commit to staying quit.
The objectives of this initiative, according to Councillor, are raising awareness among children on the importance of not starting smoking and encourage the smoking cessation in families.
He stated that these contests have a total budget of 7980 euros, the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces has funded 6,500 euros.
Raised recalled that last year registered the school contest 55 classes, with a total of 1,334 students and 50 families in the family program.