In order to achieve the sustainable development goals, the Sustainability Ambassadors in the biology Department organized an awareness campaign (Your decision today, your health tomorrow: How to quit smoking)

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In order to achieve the goals of sustainable development<br />The third goal (good health and well-being): focuses on improving human health and well-being by ensuring access to comprehensive health care and improving the quality of life for all individuals<br />The eleventh goal (sustainable cities and communities): This goal focused on improving the urban environment, and ensuring that cities and communities are able to meet the current and future needs of their populations in a sustainable manner<br /><br />The sustainability ambassadors in the Department of biology, represented by the lecturer (M.M. Zainab Nazim Aziz) and the assistant (Benin Maan Karim) and the second-year students, organized an awareness campaign on (Awareness Campaign Your Decision Today, Your Health Tomorrow: How to Quit Smoking) where the campaign included distributing awareness brochures to university students.<br /><br />Benefits of quitting smoking:<br />Improved heart and lung health: Quitting smoking reduces the risk of heart disease, strokes and lung diseases.<br />Reduced cancer risk: Reduces the risk of lung cancer and other types of cancer associated with smoking.<br />Improved psychological and emotional balance: Helps reduce stress and anxiety after a period of quitting smoking.<br /><br />Financial savings: The money you would have spent on cigarettes could have been invested in other, more beneficial things.<br /><br />Improved quality of life: Increased activity level, energy and overall quality of life.<br /><br />Al-Mustaqbal University is the first university in Iraq