Quit smoking and win $10,000

Quit smoking and win $10,000

JAKARTA: A US$10,000 grand prize is up for grabs in a biennial
quit smoking contest being organized by the Indonesian Smoking
Control Foundation (LM3) and the World Health Organization's
Centre of Disease Control.

The organizers hope to attract more contestants this year
after successfully staging Indonesia's first 'Quit and Win'
contest in 2000, when 710 people took part.

LM3 said in a press release on Thursday that the goals of the
Quit and Win contest were to urge smokers to quit, popularize
stop smoking campaigns and to promote the tobacco free day
scheduled for May 31.

Participants, who must be over 18 years of age, can register
at the LM3 secretariat on Jl. Cempaka Putih Timur 12, Central
Jakarta, before May 2. Contestants must have been active smokers
for at least one year. They have to quit smoking for at least
four weeks beginning on May 2 under the supervision of a non-
smoker.

Five contestants will be selected to undergo urine tests in
Jakarta on May 31. The winner will represent Indonesia in the
Quit and Win International contest against winners from 100
countries.

The international-level winner will receive $10,000, the
regional-level winner $2,500 and national-level winners Rp 1
million each. -- JP