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Tobacco Free Initiative | World No Tobacco Day | World No Tobacco Days Archive | 2001

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World No Tobacco Day 2001

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Break free: Choose to breathe not to smoke

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Image of the World No Tobacco Day 2001 poster, showing four birds breaking away from their cage lined with bars of cigarettes, soaring away from the harms of second-hand smoke.

Poster [Soaring]

Image of the World No Tobacco Day 2001 poster, showing four birds fleeing their cage to break free from the ashtray of cigarettes within, and away from the deadly second-hand smoke.

Poster [Cage]

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Tobacco-free public places means that ALL indoor workplaces and indoor public places should be 100% smoke-free.

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