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"No Tobacco Tuesdays for Tots". Youth Engagement for Wellbeing

"No Tobacco Tuesdays for Tots" A joint Initiative of ASA- India & Nada India I recently became a medical intern at Maulna Azad Medical College Delhi and the dream for truly making a difference in our society has started to become a reality with the help of this amazing opportunity of running a month long campaign on passive smoking in children, called, "No Tobacco Tuesdays for Tots". Dr.Vrinda Pahuja: A Young Medical Intern and Volunteer  I remember when my team at AMSA India and I were brainstorming about a campaign for "World  No Tobacco Day 2020", we could have never predicted that we would be able to collaborate with a reputable NGO like Nada India Foundation.  Through Nada India, I also had the honour of representing the medical fraternity on the panel discussion on "Engaging Young People To Respond To New Emerging Tobacco Threats" that happened on 1st June'20 which also kickstarted the campaign.  Listening to other

We value partnership with AMSA- India.... An initiative of Young People

In this phase of pandemic ,when everyone is stuck in their homes with very limited resources, AMSA- India conducted the workshop named ABC ( Addiction Battling Campaign ) under their Pubic Health and Research Department.  The workshop was held under the project Hope Stone ( Project Head : Safal Boob ) in collaboration with De' Sousa Foundation and Nada India Foundation . This amazing session of virtual learning began at 4pm sharp on Zoom platform which also went live on YouTube . We had a well experienced pannel with us to discuss the topic .  The panelists were Dr Avinash Desousa ,who is a consultant psychiatrist and also the Founder Trustee of Desousa Foundation ., Priyanka Verma who is a Clinical Psychologist & Psychotherapist ans the founder of "The Thought Co." and Vipan Sachdeva from Nada India ,Who is in this field since last 27 years & has also worked with IPS Ma'am Kiran Bedi for 3yrs at Tihar Jail as a counsellor. The participants from a