The Meteorite Museum is now officially "100% Space Free of Tobacco Smoke and Emissions"

Mérida, Yucatán, August 30, 2023. The Meteorite Museum, managed by Cultur, received today from the Directorate of Protection against Health Risks, of the Health Services of Yucatan (SSY), the recognition as "Space 100% Free of Tobacco Smoke and Emissions".

As we have reported, this is the third distinction obtained by Cultur, since it achieved it for the Yucatan Siglo XXI Convention Center and the Chichén Itzá Parador.

In a simple event that took place in the Dzibilchaltún Hall of the XXI Century, Mr. Jaime Victoria Palma, director of Protection against Sanitary Risks, delivered the corresponding document to the general director of Cultur, Mauricio Díaz Montalvo.

During the formal event, Victoria Palma commented that talking about smoking and its effects always implies referring to serious health statistics, since science and all modern medicine have shown us that "smoking kills".

He added that currently in the world there are 300 million people who smoke and about 8 million die every year, caused by diseases related to the consumption or passive inhalation of tobacco smoke and other emissions.

That is why, he added, today we are very happy here, because Cultur is promoting the promotion of health through concrete actions so that the buildings it manages are healthier public spaces.

Díaz Montalvo thanked the staff of the Meteorite Museum for the effort they made to obtain the aforementioned distinction for the benefit of the people who work there and the tourists who come to that tourist space.

"I think we are all clear that we are responsible for ensuring that our recognized buildings remain so, free of tobacco smoke and emissions, and if necessary, report it to the guards or the appropriate authorities when we see that someone is violating the rules," he said.

The process

To achieve this recognition, at least 80% of the Museum's employees received a talk-training on the damage caused to health by any type of emission and how to act to avoid it in public space, and the collection of cigarette butts ("Colillatón") was carried out, to clean the environment of these polluting effects.

Three "colillatones": 21,775 cigarette butts collected

During the event it was recalled that so far Cultur has made three "colillatones" as part of the process to obtain recognition. In the XXI Century he collected 12,900 wastes, in the Parador of Chichén Itzá 5,125 and in more recently in the Metorito Museum, in Progreso, 3,750. In total there are 21,775 cigarette butts.

The parador that follows...

Cultur will continue with this policy in favor of healthy environments, so that the next parador where it will begin the process to convert it into a Space 100% Free of Tobacco Smoke and emissions will be El Corchito.

Publicado por: Cultur