MAY 2007
World No Tobacco Day is a unique global event established to call attention to the impact of tobacco use on public health and to effectively reduce individual tobacco dependence. This year the theme for World No Tobacco Day as proposed by World Health Organization globally is 'Smoke Free Environment'. Taking the theme forward CPAA organised a series of events to commemorate this day with a view to make people aware of their right to clean air, free from tobacco smoke. Through these programs we were able to appeal to people to create a smoke-free environment which would not only help smokers who want to quit with a strong incentive to cut down or stop smoking altogether but also help prevent people – especially the young – from starting to smoke. This year too the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and the World Health Organization supported us in this endeavour.
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Cancer Awareness and Screening (ENT) Camps were
held at key locations in the Mumbai viz.- BEST (Wadala), Dadar Railway
Station for railway loaders and track workers, Naigaon Police Headquarters
for the policemen and their families and the Police Club for Police
officers. The Police camp was inaugurated by the Commissioner of Mumbai
Police D. N. Jadhav along with Joint Commissioner S. Awate and actor
Jackie Shroff at the Mumbai Police Club. An open house cancer screening (ENT)
camp was held at the Hutatma Chowk (Flora Fountain) car parking lot on
31st May - World No Tobacco Day for the general public. Over 1000
people were screened at these camps out of which 49% of the people were
advised follow up screening at our clinics.
A
Press Conference was held at Taj Lands End, Bandra on 26th May 2007 to
commemorate World No Tobacco Day. CPAA Founder Chairman and CEO, Mr. Y. K.
Sapru along with Ms. Bhavani Thyagarajan -Joint Secretary (Health) and Ms.
Paramita Sudharto - Public Health Administrator (WHO) felicitated actor
John Abraham, Producer Mr. Kumar Mangat & Director Mr. Anurag Kashyap
for their hard-hitting movie 'No Smoking'. They shared their experience in
making the movie and pledged their support to our cause. Actors Milind
Soman and Dino Morea and singer Dr. Palash Sen of Euphoria - the Indian
Rock band were also felicitated at this occasion for their work and
support in tobacco control. Also present on this occasion was Director
General of Police, Dr. P S Pasricha, who stressed on the power of media in
creating awareness about the ill-effects of tobacco. Three of our larynx
cancer patients were presented with Provox Boxes II which would now enable
them to speak again.
Euphoria
the Indian Rock Band rocked the city at Rang Sharda, Bandra on 26th May
2007. The show, especially aimed at the youth was successful in the
spreading the message that 'Tobacco Kills !'. The event was inaugurated by
actor Dino Morea who addressed the scores of school and college students
present about the harmful effects of smoking. Actors Shilpa Agnihotri and
Shama Sikander too graced the event with their presence and immediately
connected with the audience encouraging them to stay aware from this
deadly vice.
Taking
forward the World No Tobacco Day theme we invited over 100 city kids to
participate in a drawing competition on the topic 'A Smoke-free
Environment'. The event was co-hosted by Lotus Suites Ecotel, Mumbai. The
children painted the canvases with beautiful and eclectic colours
portraying their ideas of a A Smoke-free Environment, based on varied
topic like global warming, tobacco, smoking etc. Renowned artists Hema
Joshi, Ruxana Pathan and Mr.C. S. Oza judged the paintings for ingenuity and
creativity, while actress Sonali Kulkarni and Nitu Chandra encouraged and
cheered the kids. The top 12 drawings will be a part of a 2008
calendar. As
a part of the World No Tobacco Day celebrations, Mrs Neeta More, Director
- Prevention & Early Detection was invited to speak on the popular talk show
"Hello Sakhi" on Doordarshan's Sahyadri channel to speak on 'Tobacco Free Campaigns'.
Our
Medical Social Worker Ms. Iva
Athavia was recently awarded
“The Achiever Amidst Adversities” by the
Sorptimist International of North Bombay for her dedicated work towards
the cause of cancer. An MSW from the TISS, Iva has also done a BA in Political Science followed by
her B. Ed. At TISS her specialization was in Urban and Rural
Community Development. She has also worked for the Society for Education of Crippled Children (SEC),
Asha Ankur and on rural projects like Water Management, Panchayati Raj and Eve
teasing in Himachal Pradesh. Iva
is an amputee, having lost both her arms in an unfortunate railway
accident at the age of 18. She joined the Patient Care Department of CPAA
in 1995 and since then has been actively involved in disbursement of
patient aid, counseling patients and families, networking with
Hospitals and Doctors, mobilising community resources etc.