 A thank-you plaque was given to Türk Telekom within the scope of activities for the Cancer Week in honor of the “Smoking Cessation Polyclinics” that have been founded for its over 25,000 employees. Türk Telekom CEO K. Gökhan Bozkurt received the plaque offered within the scope of the Cancer Week, organized in cooperation of the Ministry of Health Department of Fight with Cancer, Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC) and the National Cancer Advisory Board of Turkey, from Health Minister Recep Akdağ. Turkey’s leading communication and convergence technologies company Türk Telekom was given a thank-you plaque within the scope of the Cancer Week activities, organized in cooperation of the Ministry of Health Department of Fight with Cancer, Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC) and the National Cancer Advisory Board of Turkey. Türk Telekom CEO K. Gökhan Bozkurt received the plaque from Health Minister Recep Akdağ during the activities on 3-4 April 2011 in Ankara.
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Developing Impactful Awareness Raising Campaigns towards Reducing Tobacco Consumption
Training Course on ‘Packaging, Labeling and Pictorial Health Warnings on Tobacco Products’
World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), the 3rd session of the Conference of the Parties
The Saudi Ministry of Health has intensified its campaign to make Mecca and Medina tobacco-free cities while Hajj pilgrims are flocking to the holy sites from worldwide. In this frame, Dr. Sameer Al-Sabban, the executive director of the Anti-Smoking Campaign in Mecca, said that they “require the cooperation of pilgrims to make the two holy cities among those with the lowest tobacco consumption in the world”.