A sticker campaign at the Central Station

As a part of their World No Tobacco Day campaign, Cancer Support Therapy to Overcome Pain (CANSTOP) organised a sticker campaign in the parking lot of Chennai Central railway station.The main objective was to spread awareness among autowallahs and their passengers and to make the public interested in spreading awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco.Dhanalakshmi, a medical social worker with CANSTOP, said, “It was heartening to see auto drivers supporting the campaign. Some of them asked us to give them a sticker for the front of their vehicles as well.” Pamphlets were also distributed to the public.“Those in private vehicles were curious about what we were doing, so we had a chance to explain what we were doing,” says Dhanalakshmi.Around 500 vehicles if all types were covered in the campaign.