World No Tobacco Day 2007
Keep closed environments smoke free

Awards

Every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) presents several awards to key people that have made invaluable contributions to tobacco control as well as those who have helped make World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), its theme and celebration a great success. These awards are a sentiment of appreciation on behalf of WHO to the great efforts and time that these people have invested in the campaign as well as in fighting tobacco.

This year, one special DG award along with four WNTD awards have been presented to the following individuals:

Special DG award:

King Abdallah Ibn Abdel-Aziz Al-Saud Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabia.

WNTD awards:

• Dr Seyed Moa Alavian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Iran.

• Dr Malek Ayed Habashneh, Director of Promotion & Protection Health, Jordan.

• Dr Kifah Al Kassar Lebanese Association of Pulmonology, Lebanon.

• Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Under Mr Ahmed Saeed, Pakistan.