World No Tobacco Day: Say No To Tobacco And Hello To Good Health
World No Tobacco Day that falls on May 31 is an initiative by the World Health Organization (WHO). The main aim of celebrating the day is to create awareness and inform the public about the dangers of using tobacco. It encourages people to quit smoking and other tobacco products by making them aware about the potential harms of it.
According to WHO, tobacco kills nearly 6 million people each year and out of these about five million deaths are due to the direct use of tobacco and the rest are due to smoke. The main objective of this day is to create awareness about the harms of smoking and motivating people to quit this harmful habit. As a result it aims in improving public health by reducing tobacco consumption.
It is a leafy plant grown in hotter climates and can be smoked, chewed or sniffed. It contains nicotine which acts as a stimulant. When tobacco enters the system then the nicotine in it is released into the bloodstream. This addictive substance is the main cause of respiratory diseases, strokes and heart failure and also linked with several kinds of cancers.
Knowing about the hazardous effects it is important to take action now. This year the theme of the day is "Get ready for plain packaging". Plain packaging focus on the reduction measure that restricts the use of logos, colours, images which reduces the attractiveness of tobacco products, restricts the advertising and promotion which in turn increases the effectiveness of health warnings.
Tobacco use is responsible for nearly 6 million deaths each year worldwide, 600,000 of which are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke. According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, about 35 per cent of the adults in India consume tobacco in some form or the other.
Smoking is the most widespread addiction in our world today. Around 1.1 billion people are smokers across the world of which about 13.5K people die of smoking every day. Smoking harms almost every organ of the body, it happens slowly which often causes years of suffering.
