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'World No Tobacco Day' is being celebrated across the globe today (31) with this year's theme, 'Tobacco-Free Youth'.
This day is celebrated to remind people that there is a better life beyond tobacco.
Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the world and smoking doubles the risk of developing renal cell carcinoma, which researchers say is a major contributing factor to cancer.
This year's World No Tobacco Day campaign calls for a ban on all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship.
The World Health Organisation called on policy-makers to support a total ban on tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion as stipulated in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, a global tobacco control agreement. The most important issue on this day is to prevent young people from starting to smoke, say Global leaders in tobacco control commemorate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD).
The effect on the health of youth is stunning and is the cause of premature deaths of many adults. Five million people die every year as a result of the effects of tobacco products. This number is expected to increase to 10 million a year in the first half of the 21st century. Hundreds of millions of children alive today will have their lives cut short by tobacco-related illnesses.
Young potential smokers in developing countries were unware about the ill-effects of smoking on their health, which leads to an unbearable strain on well-being.
Scientists agree that there is no safe level of exposure to second-hand smoke whether it is within the home or outside it. Smoking is a fast-spreading cause of indoor air pollution and is not helped much by ventilation.
While parents can play a crucial role by quitting smoking themselves as a new research reveals that a major determining factor of children's tobacco use is the smoking status of their parents.
World Health Organisation says that killer-tobacco's use is common throughout the world due to low price, aggressive and widespread marketing, lack of awareness about its ill-effects and inconsistent publice policies against its use.
Studies say tobacco causes 1 in 10 deaths among adults worldwide. In 2005, tobacco caused 5.4 million deaths, or an average of one death every 6 seconds. The death toll is projected to reach more than 8 million annually by 2030 and a total of up to one billion deaths in the 21st century.
While, second-hand tobacco smoke causes cancer, heart disease and many other serious diseases in adults.
Almost half of the world's children breath air polluted by tobacco smoke, which worsens their asthma conditions and causes dangerous diseases. At least 2,00,000 workers die every year due to exposure to second-hand smoke at work.
This day is celebrated to remind people that there is a better life beyond tobacco.
Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the world and smoking doubles the risk of developing renal cell carcinoma, which researchers say is a major contributing factor to cancer.
This year's World No Tobacco Day campaign calls for a ban on all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship.
The World Health Organisation called on policy-makers to support a total ban on tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion as stipulated in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, a global tobacco control agreement. The most important issue on this day is to prevent young people from starting to smoke, say Global leaders in tobacco control commemorate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD).
The effect on the health of youth is stunning and is the cause of premature deaths of many adults. Five million people die every year as a result of the effects of tobacco products. This number is expected to increase to 10 million a year in the first half of the 21st century. Hundreds of millions of children alive today will have their lives cut short by tobacco-related illnesses.
Young potential smokers in developing countries were unware about the ill-effects of smoking on their health, which leads to an unbearable strain on well-being.
Scientists agree that there is no safe level of exposure to second-hand smoke whether it is within the home or outside it. Smoking is a fast-spreading cause of indoor air pollution and is not helped much by ventilation.
While parents can play a crucial role by quitting smoking themselves as a new research reveals that a major determining factor of children's tobacco use is the smoking status of their parents.
World Health Organisation says that killer-tobacco's use is common throughout the world due to low price, aggressive and widespread marketing, lack of awareness about its ill-effects and inconsistent publice policies against its use.
Studies say tobacco causes 1 in 10 deaths among adults worldwide. In 2005, tobacco caused 5.4 million deaths, or an average of one death every 6 seconds. The death toll is projected to reach more than 8 million annually by 2030 and a total of up to one billion deaths in the 21st century.
While, second-hand tobacco smoke causes cancer, heart disease and many other serious diseases in adults.
Almost half of the world's children breath air polluted by tobacco smoke, which worsens their asthma conditions and causes dangerous diseases. At least 2,00,000 workers die every year due to exposure to second-hand smoke at work.
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