The Office of Student Affairs of Mahidol University International College (MUIC), in collaboration with the Student Association, organized a non-smoking event called “Health Week” at the Study Area and Auditorium, MUIC Building 1, on June 1-2, 2017.
The event was meant to raise awareness among lecturers, staff, and students on the detrimental effects of smoking. It also promoted health-related activities such as: blood donation; carbon monoxide level test; lecture on the “Dangers and Effects of Smoking” by Dr. Kitipong Soontrapa of the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Siriraj Hospital; an “Exhibition of the Organs of Smokers” by the Department of Pathology of Mahidol University; and a fitness test. There were 300 participants in this two-day event.
