Bertoua, the headquarters of the East Region of Cameroon, is a small town that leads to neighboring countries like the Central African Republic. The town may be small in size, but it is a giant in terms of tobacco cultivation. Bertoua hosts the Federation of Tobacco Planters in Cameroon, the FPTC. It is naturally a town with one of the highest tobacco consumption rates in the country.

The C3T Media Dialogue Team visited the Government Bilingual High School Bertoua to sensitize students on the disadvantages and dangers of tobacco cultivation and consumption.

It's 10 am on Thursday 23^rd February, 2017 and students of GBHS Bertoua are excited to receive the C3T Media Dialogue Team in their institution. About 100 of them sit in an open space and discuss as the C3T team unpacks right before them, posters of graphic images on the dangers of tobacco consumption. Many more students get attracted to the site and before long, a great multitude is being sensitized on the dangers of tobacco consumption.

The sensitization lasts about 30 minutes and the students are given the opportunity to ask questions or air out any doubts they may have. In all these discussions, the students had similar concerns; ban the production and importation of tobacco and its products if it is as dangerous as portrayed. The students finally have all their doubts cleared and the Media Dialogue Team goes ahead to sensitize students in 2 other classrooms. By midday, the team leaves the campus happy to have accomplished one of its missions in Bertoua.