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World No Tobacco Day 2020
The focus of this year’s World No Tobacco Day, May 31, is on protecting young people from the marketing of big tobacco companies and helping them avoid using tobacco and nicotine.
Quitting is not easy, and yet it’s something every smoker has to eventually do if he or she wants to live a life that is not burdened by health problems. Tobacco smoking increases the risks of stroke, blindness, back pain, vascular diseases, heart diseases, hormonal imbalance and disorders, skin diseases — all apart from lung diseases and cancer.
According to WHO, tobacco use kills more than 8 million people around the world each year, a number that is predicted to grow unless anti-tobacco actions are increased. In the United States, tobacco use is the largest preventable cause of death and disease. It causes many types of cancer, as well as heart disease, stroke, lung disease, and other health problems.
History of World No Tobacco Day
