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Romania celebrates international no-smoking day  

International and local non-governmental organizations yesterday used the opportunity of World No Tobacco Day to persuade smokers to quit the dangerous habit. The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday drew attention to the consequences of smoking, under the slogan "Any kind of tobacco kills," taking advantage of the World No Tobacco Day. Similar actions were organized in Romania, where statistics show there are at least six million smokers. Dozens of volunteers from the Anti-Drug Center for Prevention, Evaluation, and Consultation in Alba County yesterday urged young smokers in Alba Iulia to give one cigarette in exchange for an ice cream product. The campaign was carried out in several areas in the city of Alba Iulia, where volunteers handed out over 1,000 ice cream cones to young people in exchange for one cigarette.

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