World no tobacco day and its history

World No Tobacco Day– 31 May 2020

The member countries of the World Health Organization celebrated World Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and its causes of death and preventable disease. In 1987, the World Health Organization adopted Resolution WHA40.38, which called for April 7, 1988 to be World No Tobacco Day. In 1988, WHA 42.19 was approved, calling for the observance of World No Tobacco Day on May 31 each year.

World Tobacco Day 2020 theme

Preventing young people from manipulating the industry and preventing them from using tobacco and nicotine.

Youth Smoking Statistics

In USA

• Every day, 3,200 Americans under 18 will light up their first cigarette.
• Of these, 2,100 will go on to become full-time smokers.
• Nearly nine out of every 10 smokers in the U.S. tried their first cigarette before the age of 18.
• The increasing popularity of flavored tobacco is believed to be the next public health threat among teens and adolescents. As a result, the FDA's latest policy requires e-cigarette companies to cease manufacturing and selling flavored vaping products (excluding menthol and tobacco) by the end of January 2020. As of 2014, 73% of high school smokers and 56% of middle school smokers reported the use of flavored tobacco.
• Meanwhile, 4.3% of middle school students and 11.3% of high school students reported using e-cigarettes.
• Additionally, 2.2% of middle school students and 5.8% of high school students reported using chewing tobacco, a practice strongly linked to oral cancer.

For decades, the tobacco industry has deliberately used strategic, aggressive and sophisticated tactics to attract young people to tobacco and nicotine products. Industry insiders reveal in-depth investigations and calculations designed to attract a new generation of tobacco users, ranging from product design to marketing campaigns. It replaces millions of young people who die each year from tobacco-related diseases.

In response to organized, aggressive and sustainable tactics to attract a new generation of tobacco users in the tobacco and allied industries, the World No Tobacco Day 2020 competition will provide an anti-marketing campaign and help young people fight Big Tobacco. I will empower you to participate.

Steps to Control Tobacco Usage

• Uncover and expose the manipulations used by the tobacco and related industries, especially marketing tactics targeting young people, including new and novel products, flavors and other attractive features. Introduction included.
• Educate young people about tobacco and related industries. Inten to attract current and future generations to tobacco and nicotine products. And
• Empower those who influence and protect young people (in pop culture, on social media, at home, or in the classroom) and inspire change by involving them in the fight against big tobacco.

How are the tobacco and related industries trapping young people?

• Tobacco and nicotine products such as cherries, bubble gum and cotton candy use attractive flavors for young people, which encourages young people to reduce their health risks and start using them.
• Sleek design and attractive products, which can be easy to carry and are deceptive (for example products in the form of a USB stick or candy)
• In the absence of reasonable science, the promotion of the product as an alternative to traditional cigarettes as "harmful" or "clean" confirms these claims.
• Celebrity / influential sponsorship and brand-sponsored competitions to promote tobacco and nicotine products (e.g. influencing Instagram).
• Marketing of sales at vendor outlets, often by children, including positioning near sweets, snacks or sodas, and providing premiums to vendors to ensure their products are available to a large number of young people. Is exhibited nearby.
• Sales of single stick cigarettes and other tobacco and nicotine products near schools, making it easier for school children to access tobacco and nicotine products.
• Indirect marketing of tobacco products in movies, TV shows and online streaming shows
• Most of the youngsters are involved in tobacco selling machines, attractive advertisements and pack displays, and regulations on sale to minors.

Legal action to weaken all types of tobacco control regulations, including warning labels, display at the time of sale, and regulations that restrict access to and marketing to children (especially those selling tobacco products near schools and Advertising Prohibition Provisions)
The second generation of the world cannot afford to be deceived by the lies of the tobacco industry, which in fact is an excuse to promote freedom of personal choice while ensuring eternal profit. Regardless of the millions of people who lay down their lives every year.
The WHO urges influencers - in pop culture, on social media, at home, or in the classroom - to expose industry maneuvers to create a new generation of tobacco users. Reach out to young people and get in touch with them. We need to empower young people to stand up to big tobacco by repelling its lies and refusing to use its products.

World No Tobacco Day 2020 in Pakistan

This day highlights the efforts of governments, civil society and individuals around the world to protect public health through protective, persuasive and punitive measures against tobacco use.
In his message on World No Tobacco Day, Dr. Zafar Mirza, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Health, said that the government has made great strides in the field of tobacco control.
He said the federal ministry had drafted a national policy to maintain tobacco control efforts in the country in coordination with national health services, regulations and provinces.

Deaths around the world

Tobacco use increases the risk of death from many diseases, including ischemic heart disease, cancer, stroke and respiratory diseases. In 2016 alone, there were more than 7.1 million deaths worldwide due to tobacco use (5.1 million in men and 2.0 million in women). Most of these deaths (6.3 million) were attributed to smoking, followed by secondhand smoke (884,000 deaths.

Effects on World Economy

• It is estimated that smoking causes an estimated 1.4 trillion US dollars in economic losses each year
• The costs associated with tobacco-related diseases are extremely high. The total economic costs associated with smoking represent 1.8% of global GDP, and the health costs associated with smoking represent 5.7% of total health expenditure.
• In the United States, the cost of smoking-related health care is estimated at 170 170 billion annually
• The total economic cost of smoking in international dollars on the parity of purchasing power was estimated at 17 3.173 billion in Indonesia, 4 114 billion in India, and 48.48 billion in Brazil.
• Tobacco-related illnesses and premature deaths of sick workers and those who die prematurely during their working years put a high production cost on the economy. Lost economic opportunities will be particularly difficult in low- and middle-income countries with high populations as tobacco use increases and grows in these areas.
• The global indirect cost of smoking is estimated at about 1 1 trillion, two-thirds of which are due to premature deaths.
• In Ukraine, production losses due to premature smoking-related deaths are at least 3 billion USD annually.

Effects on the environment

• Tobacco plants are particularly susceptible to many pests and diseases, forcing farmers to apply large quantities of chemicals and pesticides that harm human health and the environment.
• Cultivation requires a large amount of timber to clear the land and control tobacco, which leads to large-scale deforestation at a rate of about 200,000 hectares per year.

Second-hand smoke

• Second hand smoke is the smoke that fills the adjacent spaces when people burn tobacco products such as cigarettes, irons and water pipes.
• There is no safe level of second-hand smoking, which causes more than 1.2 million premature deaths each year and causes serious heart and respiratory diseases.
• About half of children regularly breathe in air polluted by tobacco in public places and 65,000 die each year from second-hand smoke-related diseases.
• In infants, it increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. In pregnant women, it causes pregnancy complications and low birth weight.
• Smoking-free laws protect the health of non-smokers and are popular because their business is not harmed and they encourage smokers to quit.

Health Warnings on Tobacco Products

• Large health-related image warnings, including simple packaging, stern hits to encourage non-smokers not to smoke indoors, increase compliance with smoking laws, and quit smoking By giving to protect the health of non-smokers.
• Studies show that painting warnings significantly increase awareness of the dangers of tobacco use.
• Large-scale media campaigns can also reduce tobacco demand by promoting smoking safety and persuading people to stop using tobacco.

Ban on tobacco advertising

• Extensive ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship could reduce tobacco consumption.
• A comprehensive ban covers both direct and indirect forms of promotion.
• Direct forms include, among others, advertisements on television, radio, print publications, billboards and more recently on various social media platforms.
• Indirect forms include, among others, brand sharing, brand stretching, free distribution, discounts, product showcases, sponsorships and promotional activities that are masked as corporate social responsibility programs.

Increase in Taxes on Tobacco Products

• Tobacco taxes are the most effective way to reduce tobacco use and healthcare costs, especially among young people and low-income people, while in many countries revenue increases.
• The tax increase should be so high that it can drive prices above the revenue increase. A 10% increase in tobacco prices reduces tobacco consumption by about 4% in high-income countries and about 5% in low- and middle-income countries.
• Nevertheless, the introduction of higher tobacco taxes is a measure that is minimally enforced on the set of available tobacco control measures.

Counselling of Tobacco users

• Studies show that very few people understand the specific health risks associated with tobacco use.However, when smokers become aware of the dangers of tobacco, most want to quit.
• Only 4% attempts to quit tobacco without any medication support will succeed.
• With the help of a professional and proven anti-depressant medication, the chances of a tobacco use quitting can be doubled.