Apart from that we also distributed “Live it up without lighting up” badges containing the 4 smoke free messages and did some advocacy by pointing out the advantages of not smoking to people (who are mostly families, cyclers and skaters)

We were also privileged to meet Jeremy, who is an inspiration to us!

Jeremy is currently a smoker, but aims to quit smoking by this year in order to be fit to participate in a Standard Charter Marathon!:)) Go JEREMY!

There were also many performances held at the event and one of the highlights include freestyle skating!

Cool dudes doing freestyle skating! Proves that exercise can be fun!

At the end of the event, all of us YAH members felt that we had gained a lot from the event. Here are some of their views!

“It was quite meaningful to advocate to the participants there about effects of smoking via the April software. Many of them were interested in using the software to find out what they would look like when they’re 72 if they are a smoker vs non-smokers. I hope this would show the negative impact of smoking (i.e. more wrinkles and gaunt looks) to the participants.” - Louis, YAH Advocate

“This event was meaningful as I was in charge of utilizing the April software (age progression). I viewed countless of pictures created by the software that compares the differences between the looks of a non-smoker and a smoker. And not surprisingly, a smoker looks much older (1.4 times) than a non-smoker. I saw a lot of the participants’ flabbergasted expressions when they stare at their much older looks especially for the smoker section. Moral of the story is: Stay smoke free!” – Goh Mei Xing, YAH advocate.

REMEMBER! BEING SMOKE FREE WOULD TRANSLATE INTO:

• Better looks! ————–>Smoking is very glamorous, if you like deep wrinkles!
• Better environment!—–>Trash the Ash!
• Better fitness!————->Breathe healthily, live happily
• Better spending power!—>Too much smoke will leave you broke!

For more photos, do go to Youth Advolution for Health facebook page!