31 May is World No Tobacco Day

 


This yearly celebration informs the public on the dangers of using tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies, what WHO is doing to fight the tobacco epidemic, and what people around the world can do to claim their right to health and healthy living and to protect future generations.

The Member States of the World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. In 1987, the World Health Assembly passed Resolution WHA40.38, calling for 7 April 1988 to be a "a world no-smoking day." In 1988, Resolution WHA42.19 was passed, calling for the celebration of World No Tobacco Day, every year on 31 May.


The World Health Organization estimates worldwide, there are 1.1 billion tobacco smokers and nearly 350 million smokeless tobacco users.


“Health is like money. You never know the value of it until you lost it.”


HOW TO OBSERVE WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY


Visit the No-Tobacco website. Support the creation of smoke-free public places, workplaces, and public transportation. Publicize toll-free quit-smoking phone numbers. Use #WorldNoTobaccoDay or #NoTobacco to share on social media.


WORLD NO TOCACCO DAY HISTORY


The member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) created World No Tobacco Day in 1987.

In 1987, the WHO set aside April 7, 1988, to be “a world no-smoking day.” The objective of the day was to urge tobacco users worldwide to abstain from using tobacco products for 24 hours, an action they hoped would assist those trying to quit.



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