Morocco’s Princess Lalla Salma was in the outskirts of Rabat Monday to host the World No Tobacco Day celebrations. As chairwoman of the Lalla Salma Fight Against Cancer Association and goodwill ambassador for the World Health Organization, it was natural for the Princess to take part in such an event.
Maghreb Arabe Presse
The ceremony included reports of anti-tobacco efforts and a presentation on how to successfully combat tobacco. Awards were given out to companies who ban the use of tobacco. Maroc Telecom won the golden label, while BMCE Bank and ONCF got the silver labels.
Lalla Salma also gave out awards from the cancer association that bears her name. The first went to the 20th August Hospital in Casablanca as a “tobacco free hospital”. The second went to Amira Lalla Salma High School in Rissani for being a tobacco free high school while the Jamal Eddine Afghani Junior High School in El Haouz got the award for being a tobacco free junior high school.
World No Tobacco Day 2010 was organized by the Ministry of Health in partnership with the Lalla Salma Fight against Cancer Association, under the slogan, “Let every day be a World No Tobacco Day.”
Sources: Maghreb Arabe Presse, Aufait Maroc
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