The First Guest Lecture of Accenture phase 11 Retail management and E-Commerce online batches was held on 31st May 2021, at 11.00 am. Fr T J Antony, a member of Anti-Tobacco, Mukkad, Fr. Johnson Joseph, Director of P S S S& our Center in Charge, Mrs. Anila Samson (State MIS Coordinator), the staff members, and 37 trainees participated in the meeting.

World No Tobacco Day is celebrated every year on 31st May. This day also known as the anti-tobacco day was an initiative by WHO. The theme selected for this year was 'Commit to Quit'.

The session started at 11:00 am with a prayer song by our trainee Princy Joseph and our trainer Mrs. Gracy Francis(English Trainer) welcomed the session. Our trainer Mrs. Geethu Angel Bosco(Center Coordinator cum ITES Trainer) addressed everyone. Our center Head Rev. Fr Johnson Joseph presided over the meeting. He Inaugurated our new session and gave us a valuable and advisable speech about Anti-Tobacco Day.

We invited our guest lecturer Fr T J Antony, a member of Anti-Tobacco, Mukkad for giving the talk about No Tobacco Day. Then he started the session.

Smoking and chewing tobacco lead to short or long-term effects on health. It can cause short-term health conditions such as ulcers in cavities, tooth decay, sore mouths, and so on. It can lead to dizziness in a person. Short-term effects often lead to long-term side effects like cancer, lung diseases, heart diseases, a sudden stroke, etc. One of the main objectives was to make students understand the dangers of using tobacco. This was an initiative taken to make trainees understand the harmful and negative impacts, how second-hand smoke affects the smoker and his surroundings like their family and their community.

Tobacco is used in many different ways such as in the form of cigars, bidis, cigarettes, snuff, gutkha, etc. There are still reports of a large number of people dying due to the usage of tobacco and nicotine. About 1,300 deaths are reported daily around the world due to tobacco and nicotine usage. Tobacco harm the user and harms others. He said, “Life is to win not to lose . If you want to win no to Tobacco and yes to live, Quit tobacco to be a winner”. The session ended at 12.00 pm, Mrs. Geethu gave the vote of thanks and wound up with National Anthem.