On 31 May the best ideas nationwide on Tobacco Prevention and Control were presented by their authors at the event celebrating “World No Tobacco Day” held at the Grand Auditorium of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon.

The National Ideas Competition “Turn every ashtray into a garden! involved the participation of over 600 students, lecturers and representatives of local institutions that supported the Competition.

At the ceremony, the panel ranked the finalist proposals by Educational Level as defined in the Regulations, based on the operationalization and sustainability criteria of the “Idea” and on the relevance of the expected results, in terms of change in the target communities. The final classification was as follows:

….Level 1 ? 1st and 2nd Cycles of Basic Education ….

1st Place 
Prize  750€ |
Offered by Pfizer Oncology

Centro Escolar de Corim 
Águas Santas – Maia
Ideia: Clube Anti Tabaco – CAT 
Coordenadora: Prof.ª Paula Castro
Alunos: Cristiana Batista; Pedro Bonifácio; Helena Lumini; João Seixas; Juliana Costa

2nd Place 
Prize 500€ |
Offered by Fundação AstraZeneca

Colégio Senhor dos Milagres 
Milagres – Leiria 
Ideia: Viver sem Tabaco – VST
Coordenadora: Prof.ª Susete Cardoso
Alunos: Maria Carvalho; Solange Pereira; Salomé Botelho; Adriana Santos; Beatriz Gomes

3nd Place 
Prize 250€ |
Offered Grupo Medinfarr

Centro Educativo Alice Nabeiro 
Campo Maior 
Ideia: Trabalhe na Desportiva….Desporto no trabalho, práticas saudáveis em locais de trabalho! 
Coordenadores: Prof. Carlos Pêpe e Prof. Sancho Moura
Alunos: Luís Timóteo; Ricardo Leonardo; Ana Rita Pereira; Maria João Pereira; António Nanita

Honourable Mentions

Escola Básica 2,3 da Galiza
S. João do Estoril – Cascais
Ideia: Viva Feliz sem Fumar  
Coordenadores: Prof.ª Maria Margarida Gonçalves e Prof.ª Susana Gouveia
Alunos: Adelina Costa; Andreza Silva; Karoline Duques; Maria Marques;
Guilherme Sampaio

EB1/JI Quinta de São João
Arrentela – Seixal 
Ideia: Intervir e agir … para modificar
Coordenadores: Prof.ª Ana Cristina Sá e Prof.ª Maria Manuela Castelo
Alunos: Rafaela dos Santos; Henrique Taveira; Inês Lima;
Margarida Custódio; Bruno Cantanhede

Escola Básica 2,3 de Celeirós 
Celeirós – Braga
Ideia: Escola sem fumo, casa sem fumo – TICTAC (Todos In, Contra Tabaco, Ação Conseguida)   
Coordenadores: Prof.ª Maria Graça Pereira e Prof:ª Maria Emília Carvalho
Alunos: Eva Ferreira; Miguel Ângelo Costa; José Vaz; Ricardo Matos; Diana Gonçalves

….Level 2 ? 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and High School ….

1st Place  Prize  750€ |
Offered by Pfizer Oncology

Escola Básica e Secundária de Vila Nova de Cerveira 
Vila Nova de Cerveira
Ideia: Cerveira sem Fumo – CSF 
Coordenadores: Prof.ª Sabina Gomes e Prof.ª Teresa Silva
Alunos: Carolina Amorim; Daniela Ramos; Laura Conde; Pedro Gomes; Rafael Carvalho

2nd Place
Prize  500€ |
Offered by Fundação AstraZeneca

Escola Básica A Ribeirinha
Macieira da Maia – Vila do Conde
Ideia: My style? Não fumador!
Coordenadores: Prof.ª Maria do Carmo Figueiredo e Prof.ª Elsa Santos
Alunos: Alexandra Flor; Carla Sousa; Joana Matos; Sara dos Santos

3rd Place Prize 250€ |
Offered Grupo Medinfar

Escola Secundária 3ºCEB de Pinhal Novo 
Pinhal Novo – Palmela 
Ideia: Vitalidade interna do ambiente Vida… – VIVA 
Coordenadora: Prof.ª Maria Cristina Pereira Alunos: Dmytro Buzan; Joana Gomes; Pedro Carvalho; Samanta Pires; Teresa Mateus

Honourable Mentions

Escola Básica Integrada de Vila Boim 
Vila Boim – Elvas 
Ideia: Poemaço contra o Tabaco-Para vencer o tabaco, toma lá o Poemaço, o único maço que faz bem à tua saúde! 
Coordenadores: Prof.ª Teresa Guerreiro e Prof.ª Maria José Barata
Alunos: Catarina Lameiras; João Santos; Joaquim Espenica; Margarida Borrego; Susana Garcia

Escola Básica 2,3 de Gualtar 
Gualtar – Braga 
Ideia: Recolha doméstica das pontas de cigarro – Mealheiro de beatas 
Coordenadores: Prof.ª Elizabete Fernandes e Prof.ª Maria Margarida Alves Alunos: Claire Rodrigues; Maria Conceição Mota; José Miguel Antunes; Fernando Freitas; Maria João Pereira

Escola Básica e Secundária de Escariz 
Escariz – Arouca
Ideia: Apaga a Nuvem – Escolhe a Vida! – ANEV 
Coordenadores: Prof.ª Sandra Santos e Prof.ª Maria José Soares
Alunos: Carlos Azevedo; Hugo Azevedo; Tiago Paiva; Ricardo Vieira; Pedro Moreira

….Level 3 ? Vocational Education and Higher Education ….

1st PlacePrize 750€ |
Offered by Pfizer Oncology

Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa 
Lisboa
Ideia: REDTabMed – Redução do consumo de tabaco na comunidade médica
Alunos: Ricardo Carragosela; Pedro Ferreira; João Pedro Silva

2 nd Place 
Prize 500€ |
Offered by Fundação AstraZeneca

Escola Profissional Amar Terra Verde 
Amares – Braga
Ideia: Fumar… Óbito por um Canudo! 
Coordenadores: Prof. José António Dantas e Prof.ª Lúcia Lopes
Alunos: Ana Catarina Fernandes; Cátia Carvalho; Elisabete Macedo; Maximiliano Miranda; Teresa Antunes

3rd Place 
Prize 250€ |
Offered by Grupo Medinfar

Escola Profissional de Aveiro 
Barrocas – Aveiro
Ideia: Não o faças ! Think your life – Nafyl 
Coordenador: Prof. Nuno Santos
Alunos: Fábio Neves; João Bastos; João Fortes; Pedro Piedade; Wilson Martinho

Honourable Mentions

FAUTL | ESTeSL 
Lisboa
Ideia: Estimula o teu próprio organismo -ETPO 
Alunos: Joana do Mar Machado; Marisa Machado

Escola Profissional de Aveiro 
Barrocas – Aveiro 
Ideia: Fumar Um Maço Aumenta Riscos Muda Agora Toma Atitude – Fumar Mata 
Coordenadora: Prof.ª Sílvia Nunes
Alunos: Tiago Fontes; Beatriz de Beer; Diogo Carvalho; Daniel Lopes; Carlos Rocha

Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra 
Coimbra
Ideia: Fumar em Espaço Fechado – Sim ou Não 
Coordenadores: Prof. Joaquim Pereira e Prof. Hélder Simões
Alunos: Maryna Tsishkovska; Rosana Brandão; Daniela Freire; Mirandolina Correia; Ana Rita Martins

 
Each school was given an award with the symbol of the Competition and the place obtained in the classification and each person of the winning groups and those receiving honourable mentions were given a participation prize. The prizes, in wood and cardboard, were designed and produced exclusively for this event, sponsored by Pfizer Oncology.

The teachers who were part of the winning groups also received, as a prize, a free registration to attend the International Conference on the topic of the Ideas Competition, which will be held in Lisbon on 14-15 November 2013. They also received a t-shirt offered by ABAE.

Those who attended the ceremony were offered a snack by Continente and Sumol + Compal. The costs of organising the event, worth €750, were sponsored by Merck Serono.

About the Competition The Ideas Competition and the International Conference on Tobacco Prevention and Control are initiatives around the topic of tobacco prevention and control organised in 2013 by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon and the University of Minho.

The Competition “Turn every ashtray into a garden!” organised in collaboration with the Eco-Schools Programme of the European Blue Flag Association (EBFA) and the Directorate-General for Education was an initiative aimed at encouraging young students ranging from the 1st Cycle of Basic Education to Vocational and Higher Education to be drivers for change in the fight against smoking and create innovative and sustainable projects to intervene in the communities where they live.
Additional information here

 
About World No Tobacco Day

Smoking is an extremely comprehensive issue affecting the entire world and has serious repercussions for all ages. It contributes directly to 6 of 8 leading causes of death worldwide, namely heart disease, stroke, respiratory infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and various types of cancer. Smoking is the main cause of preventable illnesses and leads to premature death in developed countries.
There are about one billion smokers worldwide and each year 6 million people die due to tobacco use. Ten per cent of those victims did not choose to smoke and die as a result of exposure to tobacco smoke of other people. Overall, one person dies every six seconds due to smoking.

According to the Eurobarometer, in Portugal about 23% of the population smokes. A third of smokers allow smoking throughout the house, and almost 15% admit to smoking in the car in the presence of children.

Children are particularly vulnerable to environmental exposure to tobacco smoke due to the immaturity of their respiratory and immune systems, in addition to inhaling a proportionally greater volume of air than adults. The consequences for their health are reflected at various levels, particularly in respiratory and middle ear problems and the risk of sudden death in infants.

The overwhelming majority of smokers started smoking before the age of eighteen, for which reason the interventions in this age group are most likely to be more successful. This is why prevention efforts need to be directed primarily at youngsters, starting as early as possible. The tobacco industry is well aware of this and it is not by chance that it chooses youth as its prime target for its direct and indirect market policies. This was one of the reasons why the World Health Organization (WHO), which is openly committed to the fight against global tobacco epidemic, this year chose for motto “Banning the sponsorship, promotion and advertising of tobacco”, either in its direct or indirect form.

The WHO has been promoting “World No Tobacco Day” annually on 31 May since 1987 with the aim of warning and protecting current and future generations from the tobacco epidemic.

The Prizes and the Ideas Competition Ceremony were supported by:
• Pfizer Oncology (Sponsorship of 1st Prizes)
• AstraZeneca Foundation (Sponsorship of 2nd Prizes)
• Grupo Medinfar (Sponsorship of 3rd Prizes)
• Merck Serono (Sponsorship of the Organization of the Ceremony)
• Continente (Sponsorship of Snacks)
• Sumol + Compal (Sponsorship of Snacks)

For additional information please contact:
Environmental Health Unit – Institute of Preventive Medicine
Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon
Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, Edifício Egas Moniz, Piso 0, Ala C, 1649-028 Lisbon
Tel: 21 799 9489 Ext: 47096
Email: ictpc13@fm.ul.pt