Lippo Group Received an Award on the World No Tobacco Day

TANGERANG ? On The World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2013, Komisi Nasional Pengendalian Tembakau ? Komnas PT (The National Committee of Tobacco Control) bestowed an award to the founder of Lippo Group, Dr. Mochtar Riady. Lippo Group received this award for their consistency in rejecting any type of tobacco advertisement on the media company under Lippo Group and in applying free smoking zones on the entire area of Lippo Mall complex.

As a part of Lippo Group that stands on the education field, Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH) is also applying free smoking zones policy in the campus vicinity. Since its establishment, UPH has been consistently applying free smoking zones. The purpose of the policy is to create a healthy and comfortable environment for every people in the campus. Many efforts have been made to socialize the free smoking zones in the campus, from poster, regulations for staff and students, to detention for those who violate the rules. Thanks to the consistency of the policy application as well as supports from every party, UPH has successfully created a campus that is free of smokes.

UPH also has made efforts to reduce tobacco consumption and to prevent any dangers that are caused by smoking by organizing the ?Stay Away? Campaign on 2010-2011 and on 2011-2013 with Badan Narkotika Nasional ? BNN (National Narcotics Agency). The Stay Away Campaign is an invitation for the teenagers to avoid things such as smoking, drugs, free sex, and HIV/AIDS that could destroy their selves and their future. BNN is also giving cooperation by holding seminars and forming units to support the Clean Campus Program.

Taking notes of the increasing of tobacco consumption in Indonesia that is gradually increasing, even making Indonesia into the fourth biggest tobacco consumption after China, USA, and Russia, it is very important to be aware of the dangers of tobacco. In order to do that, the awareness needs to be supported with the planning and socialization from every party as well as consistency in its application.