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Children Against Tobacco conducts training for youngsters on May 16

Participants between 8 and 18 years can register for the leadership training programme.

DT NEXT Bureau

CHENNAI: Children Against Tobacco (CAT), the organisation working against tobacco free society is conducting a free training programme for children on May 16.

Participants between 8 and 18 years can register for the leadership training programme.

“The certification programme is dedicated to fostering a sense of responsibility in today's youth and aims to equip participants with the skills to emerge as leaders in tobacco control,” stated the CAT note.

The topics covered in the training include: What is tobacco? Effects of tobacco and building resistance against it. This is a yearly event and is being held for three years in a row, solely focused on prevention against tobacco.

Besides this, the participants will also be trained how to become young leaders in tobacco control, along with introducing a tobacco monitoring app.

Interested candidates between the ages of 8 and 18 can register at https://forms.gle/DakZDNw36mDqafwB6.

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