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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

World No Tobacco Day - May 31







World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on May 31

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

Each year, the WHO selects a theme for the day in order to create a more unified global message for WNTD
This theme then becomes the central component of the WHO’s tobacco-related agenda for the following year

 It is intended to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of  tobacco consumption around the globe

The day is further intended to draw attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and to negative health effects, which currently lead to nearly 6 million deaths each year worldwide, including 600,000 of which are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second hand smoke


Tobacco & Cancer: Facts

  • One million of the tobacco related deaths occur in India.
  • Tobacco use causes 1 death every 6 seconds.
  • Over one in two people in India are exposed to secondhand smoke at home and 29% at Public Places
  • More than 4000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, of which at least 250 are known to be harmful and more than 50 are known to cause cancer.
World No Tobacco Day is used to celebrate by lots of people and also by the WHO which is known as the World Health Organization for making to get the proper knowledge about the causes and effects of Tobacco with their preventive measures. It is used to spread the knowledge about stopping the usage of the Tobacco for making the people to remain safe from the Tobacco hazards. World No Tobacco Day is used to make the people to carry out their tasks in a better way by not eating Tobacco for their own better health.
Tobacco makes the people to get many of the dangerous effects by which they can even lose their lives. Tobacco makes the people to suffer from many of the Health issues by which everyone cannot be able to do their tasks in a proper way. Tobacco is very dangerous for everyone’s health and it is recommended by many of the Doctors and also by the Government to stop eating it for their better life.
Tobacco creates large amount of problems to the Body by which the Body gets damaged quickly which leads to the suffering to lots the people. It is type of thing by which people are used to spread every knowledge to the people to control Tobacco and then stop it by taking many of the preventive measures. It is quite important for the people to provide them every information about the cure and prevention of the Tabacco. Tobacco gets the people to suffer from lots of issues such as Cancer of the Mouth, Lungs, Kidney and also damages many of the other parts of the Body.


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