WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY- 2020 31st May 2020
WHO theme & WNTD -2020
“ Protecting youth from Industry manipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use.”
The WHO Global action plan for the prevention and control of Non communicable disease 2013 - 2020 indudes a target for reducing the global prevalence of tobacco use by 30% by the year 2025.
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World No Tobacco Day
World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year on 31 May. This yearly celebration informs the public on the dangers of using tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies. 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. The day is further intended to draw attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and to negative health effects, which currently lead to more than 8 million deaths each year worldwide, including 1.2 million are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.
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