{"id":3150,"date":"2026-05-07T04:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T04:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/?p=3150"},"modified":"2026-05-07T04:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T04:27:11","slug":"sastra-university-awareness-talk-may-31-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/sastra-university-awareness-talk-may-31-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"SAstra University awareness talk &#8211; May 31 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of World No Tobacco Day awareness initiative,\u00a0 conducted an insightful awareness session at SASTRA University to educate students about the dangers of tobacco and nicotine addiction. The programme was organized in alignment with the WHO theme, \u201cUnmasking the Appeal: Exposing Industry Tactics on Tobacco and Nicotine Products,\u201d focusing on how tobacco industries target and influence young people. Dr. G. Govindaraj Vardhanan, Surgical Oncologist and Managing Director of Harshamitra Cancer and Multispeciality Hospital, delivered a powerful session on \u201cTobacco: A Burden on Families and Society.\u201d The interactive talk created strong awareness among students about the health, emotional, and social impact of tobacco use. Through such initiatives, Harshamitra continues its commitment towards cancer prevention, youth awareness, and building a healthier tobacco-free society.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3152 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000107068.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000107068.webp 800w, https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000107068-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000107068-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000107068-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000107068-75x75.webp 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of World No Tobacco Day awareness initiative,\u00a0 conducted an insightful awareness session at SASTRA University to educate students about the dangers of tobacco and nicotine addiction. The programme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-25"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3150"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3154,"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150\/revisions\/3154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}