World No Tobacco Day Every year on the 31st of May, World No Tobacco Day is celebrated globally to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption. The day is further intended to draw attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and to the negative health effects, which have led to […]
Tobacco Free Universities
University students are one of the main victims of tobacco addiction. For this reason, the Tobacco Free Initiative has been focusing on tobacco prevention campaigns that target young adults, especially within universities. With support of the World Health Organization, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health, TFI launched a project entitled “Tobacco Free […]
Tobacco Free Schools
Since 2001, TFI has been focusing on tobacco prevention campaigns that target teenagers. It has already reached more than 100,000 students aged between 12 and 16 in 100 major public and private schools both religious and non-religious all over Lebanon. In order to reinforce the impact of its Tobacco Prevention Campaign in schools, TFI launched […]
Want to Quit Smoking? Let us Help
They say the first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem. Well, if that’s true then the second step is most definitely seeking help and guidance from others. After years of campaigning, planning and implementing Law 174 in public areas, TFI has witnessed it all; from young addicts to secondhand smoke victims […]
WNTD 2019: Let the Countdown Begin!
WNTD 2019: Let the Countdown Begin! Upcoming Events Brace yourselves, the most exciting day of the year is near! Every year on May 31st, Tobacco Free Initiative celebrates World No Tobacco Day to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption. The annual event will be held in cooperation with the […]
TFI Creates the First Lebanese Organization to Enforce Law 174
Tobacco Free Initiative, in collaboration with AUB-Tobacco Control Research Group, have coordinated with several NGOs around Lebanon to build a network of volunteers to work together under the umbrella of the Tobacco Control Citizen Watch (TCCW) in order to monitor the enforcement of the law 174. Vision To protect the secondhand smokers from the harm […]
TFI Launched Petition in Support of Law 174
TFI Petition TFI Launched Petition in Support of Law 174 TFI petition was launched in 2012, on its 10th anniversary. To celebrate, TFI organized a press conference at the Swiss Ambassador’s Residence to which parliamentarians, presidents of professional orders and presidents of top Non-Governmental Organizations attended. During the event, TFI released a petition initiated in […]