World No Tobacco Day, University Students Gather ... National Health Insurance Service Busan Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters Launches Health and Smoking Cessation Supporters

Promotion of Health Insurance System and Full-Scale Launch of Smoking Cessation Campaign

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Do you know World No Tobacco Day? University students from Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam gathered together on the 31st.

The National Health Insurance Service Busan Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters (Director Jang Su-mok) held a launch ceremony for the ‘University Student Health and No Smoking Supporters’ on the afternoon of the 31st at the regional headquarters auditorium.

On this day, to mark World No Tobacco Day, they conducted a no-smoking campaign targeting local residents.

The ‘Health and No Smoking Supporters’ group consists of 19 university students from Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam. They participate in promoting health insurance systems such as health checkups and smoking cessation treatment support, as well as the NHIS’s main tasks.

Considering the COVID-19 situation, they plan to actively utilize SNS (Facebook, Instagram, etc.) and will also participate in activities and volunteer work linked with external organizations in the future.

After the launch ceremony, on May 31, World No Tobacco Day, the supporters conducted a no-smoking participation campaign and promoted the NHIS’s smoking cessation treatment support project targeting local residents around Deokcheon-dong, Buk-gu, Busan, to create a smoke-free environment and improve awareness about smoking.

Director Jang Su-mok said, “I hope the supporters will serve as messengers who provide useful health insurance service information to the public and convey and gather the public’s thoughts on health insurance,” adding, “I also hope that the experience of supporter activities will bring vitality to their university life.”

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