In order to make supporters quit their smoking habit; the Catalan club have joined forces with the European Commission to set up a unique campaign.
The modern day model of football, F.C Barcelona, have decided to benefit the fans of the game in an aspect other than that of football.
Considered as the best institute regarding the football education, the Catalan club‘s board has now teamed up forces with the European Commission to help the supporters of the game give up the hazardous habit of smoking.
The club’s recent campaign is named as “Quit Smoking with Barca” and it features an online and mobile application that is called FCB iCoach.
The application has a number of features and gives its users personalised tips and anti smoking motivational helps from the players of the famous club.
Other important figures connected to the club are also thought to be featuring in the application’s agenda, including current Barca manager Tito Vilanova and club President, Sandro Rosell.
The campaign was officially launched on Saturday and is based on a scientific approach which identifies the exact nature of the problem that the smoker encountered while adapting the harmful habit.
The total number of smokers in Europe is thought to be 140 million and the European Commission has its confidence in partially eradicating the habit through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604’s fame in the football world.
"We always act with a social consciousness and another way for us to do this is to stand side by side with the European Commission as we launch ‘Quit Smoking with Barça’. Making our facilities and our stadium smoke-free was an important milestone and the
next one is today - the launch of the FCB iCoach.”
"When you sign up to the FCB iCoach, the whole club will support you every step of the way giving you the expert knowledge of people within the club to help you in your fight to quit cigarettes for good. We want all smokers to consider quitting. “
The deal is seen as a great step taken by the Catalan club in order to motivate fans to give up on the practice that has so much negative effects on the health of people throughout the world.
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