[mukto-mona] The Anti Tobacco campaign at UIU was held

The Anti Tobacco campaign at UIU was held

The announcement came as a surprise. Professor Chowdhury Mofizur Rahman, the Pro Vice Chancellor of United International University, Dhaka announced that he would give up smoking from the moment, although he have had almost a full packet of cigarettes that he brought the day before. Like this announcement, more fun, excitement and obviously the commitments took place at the occasion of the anti tobacco campaign at UIU auditorium, on 16th June. The programme "The declaration of completely tobacco free campus of UIU" with the slogan "Be Libra, Be Free, Free from Tobacco" was organized by Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) and was supported by World Health Organization (WHO), Bangladesh Country Office. Around 300 students, teachers and guest enjoyed the programme with three guest of honour � Professor Dr M Rizwan Khan, Professor Dr M Zafar Iqbal and Dr M Mostafa Zaman. Dr Iqbal Kabir of WHO programme presented the basic information and some dangerous fact about tobacco. He mentioned that Tobacco is the single largest reason for the death of people around the world. Mr Munir Hasan conducted the session. In his speech, Dr Mostafa Zaman briefly explained the anti-tobacco law in Bangladesh and urged that besides the law enforcement, the mass awareness is also very essential for a tobacco free nation. The programme started with a video speech by Dr Samlee Plianbangchang, Regional Director, WHO. In his speech, he told about the theme of the programme of this year, No Tobacco Day � Tobacco Free Youth. In his speech Dr Zafar Iqbal shared his experience with cigarettes and told the students about its danger. He said that the cigarettes did not only harm the user, but it also did a lot of harm to the people around thus depicted its two fold effects in the society. Dr Rizwan Khan announced that the UIU will be totally Tobacco Free campus. After the announcement Professor Zafar Iqbal handed over some Tobacco Free signboards to the VC of UIU. The students participated in a spot quiz on tobacco and open source and were awarded with book and Ubuntu CD as prize. The programme was arranged as a part of BdOSN's month long anti tobacco campaign. --by BPR

UIU, Dhaka, June 16, 2008

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Regards,
Abu Mohammad Omar Shehab Uddin Ayub
(আবু মোহাম্মদ ওমর শেহাবউদ্দীন আইয়ুব)
Software Engineer, Nilavo Technologies, Banani, Dhaka
Bangladesh Open Source Network, Dhaka
2000 batch, Dept. of CSE, SUST
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