World NO TOBACCO DAY is observed every year on 31st May.
Every year, the World Health Organization honors governments, organizations and individuals for their efforts and contributions to curbing tobacco use.
This day raises awareness about the damage caused by consuming tobacco. Consuming tobacco kills over 80 lakh people across the world every year. Besides the human cost, consuming tobacco also causes the environment to degrade.
The WHO member countries agreed to observe World No-Tobacco Day on May 31 in 1987. Since then, this day is marked each year with a relevant theme.
In 1987, the WHO’s World Health Assembly passed Resolution WHA40. 38, calling for 7 April 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 provide assistance for those trying to quit.
Theme for year 2022 is…………….“Protect The Environment”.
As per WHO, “The harmful impact of the tobacco industry on the environment is vast and growing adding unnecessary pressure to our planet’s already scarce resources and fragile ecosystems.”
Tobacco consumption is one of the factors that are believed to adversely impact the efforts to achieve the UN–adopted sustainable development agenda by 2030, which aims to reduce tobacco-related deaths by one-third by that time.
Tobacco consumption can lead to lung cancer, which mostly hits those with a substantial cigarette smoking history. Around 80-90% of people are diagnosed with lung cancer have a history of tobacco smoking. Tobacco is the leading cause of death for men and the second leading cause when both men and women are included.
World No Tobacco Day – Key messages
- Tobacco harms the environment
- Make the tobacco industry clean the mess.
- Quit tobacco to save our planet.
- Help tobacco farmers switch to sustainable farming.
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