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Within the efforts of the Department of Psychological Counseling and Educational Guidance to promote awareness among students and staff, the department organized an awareness campaign to avoid smoking, aiming to reduce the spread of this harmful habit and to promote healthy behaviors within the university environment. The campaign aimed to educate students about the dangers of smoking on general health, its impact on physical and psychological abilities, as well as its negative role in the spread of chronic diseases. The campaign also focused on encouraging smoking students to take serious steps toward quitting and providing them with psychological and informational support. The campaign included a variety of awareness activities, such as: Educational lectures about the direct health effects of smoking. Distribution of brochures offering practical tips for quitting smoking. Posting awareness posters throughout the colleges to warn about the harms of secondhand smoke. The campaign witnessed positive interaction from students, who showed great interest in learning methods of quitting and ways to protect their health. Open discussions also contributed to enhancing collective awareness of the importance of avoiding smoking and creating a healthy and safe university environment. At the conclusion of the campaign, the department affirmed its commitment to continuing the organization of health and awareness activities that contribute to improving student behavior and enhancing community awareness, ensuring a better academic and healthy future for all.