Yongsan-gu to Hold 2024 Smoking Cessation Campaign Poster Contest

May 31 'World No Tobacco Day' Smoking Cessation Campaign Held
To Inform About the Harmfulness of Tobacco and Promote a Smoke-Free Atmosphere
▲Top Award (3 people) ▲Excellence Award (6 people) ▲Encouragement Award (15 people) ... Up to 200,000 KRW Gift Certificates
Applications Accepted In-Person or by Mail from the 20th of This Month to the 21st of Next Month

2023 Yongsan-gu No Smoking Campaign Poster Contest Elementary School Top Award Winning Work

Yongsan-gu, Seoul (Mayor Park Hee-young) is holding a smoking cessation campaign poster contest from May 20 to June 21 in celebration of the 37th World No Tobacco Day (May 31).

The district planned the poster contest to encourage residents to participate directly in promoting the harmful effects of tobacco and to create an atmosphere supportive of quitting smoking. This is the second year of the contest.

The contest is open to students enrolled in elementary, middle, and high schools within the district. The theme focuses on the harmful effects of cigarettes and new types of tobacco products, as well as encouraging smoking cessation.

Participants can freely use mediums such as ▲oil painting ▲watercolor ▲crayon drawing ▲computer graphics. The size of the artwork should be 4 cho (394mm×545mm). Only one entry per person is allowed. Submitted works will not be returned.

Those who wish to participate should submit their artwork along with the application form to the Health Administration Division, Healthy City Team at the Yongsan-gu Public Health Center. The related forms are posted in the “News” section on the Yongsan-gu website.

If requested by schools, the responsible officials will visit the schools to collect the artworks in bulk.

The district’s judging committee will evaluate the entries based on criteria such as ▲creativity ▲appropriateness ▲clarity of message ▲effort ▲empathy. Winners will be selected as follows: for each school level (elementary, middle, high), ▲1 grand prize winner ▲2 excellence award winners ▲5 encouragement award winners, totaling 24 winners.

The results will be posted on the district office website and individually notified in the third week of July.

The total prize money is 1,950,000 KRW, with ▲grand prize winners receiving 200,000 KRW ▲excellence award winners 100,000 KRW ▲encouragement award winners 50,000 KRW. The selected outstanding works will be used for exhibitions and promotional materials for smoking cessation projects.

Entries that have won other contests or plagiarized works will be excluded from judging, and awards may be revoked even after being granted.

Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, “I hope this will be a good opportunity to raise awareness among growing youth about the harms of smoking and the necessity of quitting.” He added, “Our district will do its best to create a pleasant smoke-free environment.”

Meanwhile, the district operates year-round smoking cessation projects including ▲inspection and guidance of public facilities ▲designation of no-smoking zones ▲enforcement against smokers in no-smoking areas ▲smoking cessation clinics.