{"id":30388,"date":"2024-12-16T14:16:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T13:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacs.edu.mk\/home\/?p=30388"},"modified":"2024-12-16T14:38:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T13:38:27","slug":"smoking-as-a-public-health-challenge-how-can-we-protect-current-and-future-generations-from-its-harmful-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/payment.uacs.edu.mk\/home\/smoking-as-a-public-health-challenge-how-can-we-protect-current-and-future-generations-from-its-harmful-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking as a Public Health Challenge: How Can We Protect Current and Future Generations from Its Harmful Effects?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 10<sup>th<\/sup>, 2024 at University American College Skopje (UACS), a workshop on <em>\u201cHow Can We Protect Current and Future Generations from Its Harmful Effects?\u201d <\/em>was hosted. The event brought together 4<sup>th<\/sup> year psychology students following the course of Clinical Psychology led by Associate Prof. Dimitrinka Jordanova Peshevska and 1<sup>st<\/sup> students from the School of Business and Management following the course Introduction to Management led by Prof. Snezana Hristova.<\/p>\n<p>The event is organized in collaboration with\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office, Skopje, as part of the larger forum on\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">\u201cSmoking as a public health challenge<\/em><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The workshop started with introductory speeches by the professors and WHO experts, setting the stage for an open and interactive discussion about tobacco prevention. Students shared personal experiences and public health challenges in tobacco prevention<em>, <\/em>focusing on several important aspects like the prevalence rates of tobacco use in the Republic of Macedonia among the adult population and among young adults, <span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">the risk factors for tobacco use,<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\"> the protective factors for tobacco prevention,<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">\u00a0the available preventive interventions and cessation services in our country?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30403\" src=\"https:\/\/uacs.edu.mk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241210_091728-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/payment.uacs.edu.mk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241210_091728-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/payment.uacs.edu.mk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241210_091728-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/payment.uacs.edu.mk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241210_091728-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/payment.uacs.edu.mk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241210_091728-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/payment.uacs.edu.mk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241210_091728-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/payment.uacs.edu.mk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241210_091728-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/payment.uacs.edu.mk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241210_091728-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 10th, 2024 at University American College Skopje (UACS), a workshop on \u201cHow Can We Protect Current and Future Generations from Its Harmful Effects?\u201d was hosted. 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