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Euro 2012 free from cigarette smoke
Tuesday February 28, 2012 03:28:45 PM,
IANS
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Warsaw: World Health
Organization (WHO) wants to ban smoking in fan zones of the Euro
2012 football competition as they see it as a perfect opportunity
for promoting physical activity and healthy life-style.
The WHO office in Poland and Volunteers for Sport Foundation are
running a series of workshops entitled "Mass events free of
tobacco smoke" that zeroes in on smoking bans in Euro 2012 sport
facilities.
"We had come out with the initiative because smoking is the cause
of most of premature deaths in the world; it practically kills
every second smoker," Anna Koziel of the WHO Polska Office told
Xinhua.
The workshops were held in four Polish cities which will hosts
Euro matches, namely in Wroclaw, Gdansk, Poznan and Warsaw.
As early as in October 2011 UEFA introduced a total ban on
cigarette smoking, selling and tobacco promotion in all facilities
related to Euro.
The WHO plans to introduce the same ban in fan zones but the
decision hinges with cities that are hosting the championships.
The 16-nation Euro 2012 soccer championships, slated for June
8-July 1, will take place in four Polish cities as well as four
Ukrainian cities of Kiev, Lvov, Donetsk and Kharkov.
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