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TFG starts 2015 with a visit to Woodlands Ring Primary School to present the Tobacco Free Generation notion to Primary 6 pupils of the school. Thank you Woodlands Ring for hosting us.

TFG is honored to share the Tobacco Free Generation notion with Primary 6 pupils of Marsiling Primary School.Besides the usual comments and questions about nicotine addiction and smoking risks, a student grasped and reiterated to her cohort mates about the concept of replacement smokers and how their generation would be the target of cigarette companies who are seeking new consumers. Well done Marsiling Primary.

TFG engaged 300 P6 students from Qihua Primary School with videos, story telling and a lively Q&A session. We were pleasantly surprised at the questions asked by the kids, for example “Dear Doctor, If tobacco is so harmful, why is it not completely banned ?” …shows good understanding even at their level about the nature of nicotine addiction and society. Thank you Qihua for hosting TFG.

TFG continues 2014 school program @ Jurongville Secondary School. About 280 students from Sec 2 cohort participated in the 40 min session, asking questions & sharing their own experiences about family members who are addicted to nicotine. TFG handed out thumbdrives, badges and scribble pads. Thank you Jurongville for hosting us.

TFG would like to express our sincere appreciation to Lexus Singapore for your generous support in the 2014 Ride for TFG2000 event on 6 September 2014. The stable of RX450h, ES300h and CT200h was amazing in motion with TFG cyclists. Lexus complemented our call for a more sustainable and healthier society.

Ride for Tobacco Free Generation 2000 Edition 2014 took place on 6 Sept 2014. This year’s ride was held in conjunction with Sengkang Health’s Millennia Kids Carnival @ Sengkang Sports and Recreation Center. Partners for the event included Sengkang Health, Health Promotion Board and Sports SG. A total of 64 riders took part in the round island ride. Another 70 community riders, comprising of parent and child joined the round island riders for the last 5km ride, including MP for Punggol, Dr Janil Puthucheary. The closing ceremony for the ride saw 55 scouts from Henry Park Pelican Scout troop pledging to be tobacco free.

14 schools,
14 teachers,
50 facilitators,
and 159 students!

TFG team was invited to present to Westspring Secondary School in early April. The assembly session reached out to more than 600 odd students & staff from the school.

TFG presented to Sec 1 & Sec 2 cohort of Anglo Chinese School, Barker Road, reaching out to a total of 640 students in late April. The team showed videos and spoke on a variety of topics ranging from the history of tobacco to the risks of nicotine addiction and its effect on the human body. We are happy to have delivered the tobacco message to the boys. Thank you ACS Barker.

TFG2000 had a good session with Sec 1 and Sec 2 students of  Pasir Ris Secondary School early March this year. We thank the teachers and students for making the session a enjoyable one.

TFG conducted 2 assembly sessions presenting to about 2500 students on 24/2/2014 and 12/3/2014 at Raffles Girls Primary School. This is the 3rd year running that RGPS used the Tobacco Free Generation  notion to educate their girls about the importance of being a new generation of never smokers besides the dangers of tobacco addiction. The girls enjoyed the videos and story telling sessions. They responded enthusiastically during the Q&A session. We thank RGPS for supporting the program.

CHIJ Secondary Toa Payoh have been an ardent supporter of TFG. Besides being a pioneer school to adopt the program, CHIJ teachers and students have successfully integrated TFG theme into the curriculum. CHIJ have also hosted TFG activities on their premises. We hope more schools will follow their footsteps and stress the importance of being nicotine free to the millennium generation. Thank you CHIJ.

Singapore Chinese Girls School’s 2014 TFG program was held in early Feb. SCGS student leaders conducted the session for about 500 of their peers. TFG congratulates the school for embracing the TFG message and the student leaders for presenting the notion and answering the related questions from their peers.

TFG kicks off 2014 schools program with assembly talk at Seng Kang Primary School. About 2500 school children between the ages of 7 and 12 were shown videos and taught the risks of nicotine addiction. They were also encouraged to be part of  a generation – a generation of non smokers – the Tobacco Free Generation.

TFG initiated our 2014 school assembly program @ Damai Primary School in Nov 2013. Primary 5 and 6 kids were shown videos, slides and participated in a lively Q&A session. The topics covered included harms of nicotine addiction and recently published ‘secret’ documents of the tobacco industry. The kids were also read a story from a series specially commissioned by TFG to reach out to the young minds. The kids showed a high level of understanding of the topic and this was apparent in their comments and questions presented to the presenters. We thank Damai Primary School for hosting us.

TFG had an excellent day on Oct 27, 2013 showing to some of our political and community leaders – the people, the progress and the passion of our movement at the new Sengkang General Hospital groundbreaking ceremony. We are proud to be invited to be part of the Millennium Kids Program (MKP) of Sengkang Health. The MKP program is a program to promote healthy lifestyle to residents of North East Singapore and includes partners like Health Promotion Board and Sports SG.

At the Sept 2013 Delhi meeting on ‘International Conference on Public Health Priorities in the 21st Century : End Games for Tobacco’ last week, TFG2000 was cited several times in the other plenary sessions even before the Singapore delegation presented on the last day of the conference. The Singapore delegation included one presentation each by a secondary school teacher and a medical student. All 4 Singapore presentations were very well received.

Ride for TFG2000 2013 – a ride to showcase support and encouragement for the tobacco free generation. 50 inaugural cyclists including doctors, medical students, teachers and members of the public cycled 100km through the streets of Singapore to spread the message. In the last 5 km, the riders were joined by 70 parent-child combination cyclists led by Singapore’s Member of Parliament Dr Janil Puthucheary. The route included stopping at 2 schools.

TFG & National Cancer Center Singapore hosted Prof Ruth Malone at the Humphrey Oei Disttinguished Lecture Series. Prof Malone’s talk entitled ‘End Game Strategies in Tobacco Control’ was presented to healthcare workers and public who attended the lecture. This talk resonated well with TFG’s agenda of building a new generation of non-smokers via education and social movement.

TFG organized our 2nd Youth Summit in U-town in May 2013, National University of Singapore. Attended by students and teachers from seven schools, participants spent 2 days attending lectures,workshops and participated in a video making competition. The event was graced by Dr Lam Pin Min,our guest of honor who is also Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Health.