{"id":3188,"date":"2026-05-23T05:43:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2026-05-23T05:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:43:27","slug":"world-no-tobacco-day-2026-unmasking-the-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/world-no-tobacco-day-2026-unmasking-the-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"World No Tobacco Day 2026 \u2013 UNMASKING THE APPEAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>REEL PODUNGA \u2013 REAL HERO AAGUNGA!<\/h2>\n<h3>World No Tobacco Day 2026 \u2013 \u201cUNMASKING THE APPEAL\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Harshamitra Cancer Hospital has been actively conducting tobacco awareness initiatives since 2011 for the welfare of the community. Following the annual theme announced by the World Health Organization (WHO), the hospital has continuously worked towards creating awareness among the public, especially among youth, about the harmful effects of tobacco usage.<\/p>\n<p>This year, based on the WHO World No Tobacco Day theme for 2026 \u2013\u00a0<strong>\u201cUnmasking the Appeal\u201d<\/strong>, Harshamitra Hospital proudly presents a unique awareness initiative through creativity and social engagement:<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f3ac\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfac\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" data-emoji=\"\ud83c\udfac\" aria-label=\"\ud83c\udfac\" title=\"\">\u00a0REEL PODUNGA \u2013 REAL HERO AAGUNGA!<\/h2>\n<p>An awareness movement encouraging participants to create impactful reels that educate society and inspire positive change.<\/p>\n<h3>Event Details<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f4c5\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udcc5\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\udcc5\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\udcc5\" title=\"\">\u00a0Date:\u00a0<strong>31st May 2026 (Sunday)<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f553\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd53\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\udd53\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\udd53\" title=\"\">\u00a0Time:\u00a0<strong>4:00 PM \u2013 6:00 PM<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f4cd\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udccd\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\udccd\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\udccd\" title=\"\">\u00a0Venue:\u00a0<strong>Harshamitra Hospital, Nagamangalam, Trichy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chief Guest:<\/strong><br \/>\nCinema Director\u00a0<strong>Thiru. Prabhu Solomon<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Important Information for Participants<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f4cc\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udccc\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\udccc\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\udccc\" title=\"\">\u00a0Reel duration: Maximum\u00a0<strong>2 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f4cc\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udccc\" width=\"23\" height=\"23\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\udccc\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\udccc\" title=\"\">\u00a0Submission dates:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Last date:\u00a0<strong>20th May<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Late submissions accepted till:\u00a0<strong>25th May<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Selection Process<\/h3>\n<h3>Stage 1 \u2013 External Jury Selection<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 The Top 50 reels will be reviewed by an expert jury panel<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Top 50 finalists will be selected<\/p>\n<p>From these 50 reels, a three member judge panel consisting of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One Visual Communications Expert<\/li>\n<li>One Social Media Expert<\/li>\n<li>One Medical Expert<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>will select\u00a0<strong>Top 10 reels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All these 10 reels will be displayed on LED screen on the day of the award function and the prize winners will be selected by Cinema Director\u00a0<strong>Thiru. Prabhu Solomon<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Awards &amp; Recognition<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f947\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" data-emoji=\"\ud83e\udd47\" aria-label=\"\ud83e\udd47\" title=\"\">\u00a0<strong>First Prize<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Rs 25,000<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f948\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd48\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" data-emoji=\"\ud83e\udd48\" aria-label=\"\ud83e\udd48\" title=\"\">\u00a0<strong>Second Prize<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Rs 5,000<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f949\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd49\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" data-emoji=\"\ud83e\udd49\" aria-label=\"\ud83e\udd49\" title=\"\">\u00a0<strong>Third Prize<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Rs 3,000<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Remaining next 7 finalists will receive consolation cash awards worth\u00a0<strong>Rs 1000 each<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Remaining 40 finalists will receive\u00a0<strong>Excellence Award with Certificate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Certificates will be provided to all participants<br \/>\n(directly \/ courier \/ e-certificate based on availability)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong><br \/>\nTop 50 selected awardees will be honoured by\u00a0<strong>Dir. Prabhu Solomon<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Evaluation Criteria for Reels<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Total Marks: 50<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Each criterion carries 5 marks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>On time submission<\/li>\n<li>Content should be related to WHO 2026 Theme \u2013\u00a0<em>Unmasking the Appeal<\/em>\u00a0\/ Accuracy<\/li>\n<li>Message \/ What emotion it triggers<\/li>\n<li>Creativity<\/li>\n<li>Audience Captivity<\/li>\n<li>Time duration \u2013 Less than 2 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Visual Quality \u2013 Optimal use of graphics<\/li>\n<li>Call to action \u2013 Does it make sense to quit or create awareness<\/li>\n<li>Sensitivity \/ Ethics<\/li>\n<li>Originality of the concept<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Important Notes<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Judge&#8217;s decision will be final<\/li>\n<li>No disputes will be entertained<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Top 50 Result will be announced on:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>May 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Results will be announced on:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>May 31st by the Chief Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All participants are invited to attend the award function at\u00a0<strong>Harshamitra Hospital, Nagamangalam, Trichy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Only the Top 10 reels will be displayed on stage during the award function. Other reels may be displayed subject to time availability.<\/p>\n<p>All reels will be posted on our hospital social media platforms&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>For any clarifications:<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f4de\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udcde\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\udcde\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\udcde\" title=\"\">\u00a0Contact:\u00a0<strong>7373731007<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Best wishes to all participants!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REEL PODUNGA \u2013 REAL HERO AAGUNGA! World No Tobacco Day 2026 \u2013 \u201cUNMASKING THE APPEAL\u201d Harshamitra Cancer Hospital has been actively conducting tobacco awareness initiatives since 2011 for the welfare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3188","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\/3188","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=3188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3190,"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3188\/revisions\/3190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harshamitra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}