Today is World NO Tobacco Day 2012!!!

Tobacco is public health enemy number one. It kills six million people every year. The tobacco industry does everything it can to undermine anti-tobacco work. World Health Organization has chosen "Stop tobacco industry interference" as the theme for the 2012 World No Tobacco Day - on 31 May. Discover the subversive methods of the tobacco industry by watching the campaign video.

In Republic of Moldova we shared anti-smoking posters in many local places. Also we will organize massive distribution of questionnaires about smoking among young people!

Real Tobacco Stories before World No Tobacco Day 2012

Everybody knows that 31 May 2012 is World No Tobacco Day!! We want to share with you short films about real people telling their tobacco stories. The stories range from inspirational to heart wrenching and portray the real day to day consequences of tobacco use.
Special thanks to Binta Jalloh!


Marcy, Charles and Sharon share their experiences with COPD and the effects it can have on someone. All three have smoked, but since quit.

Leo's father passed away due to tobacco-related cancer. He smoked for four years himself until this happened, and then he quit.

Capital Metro Transit Authority in Austin, Texas encourages it's employees to live tobacco-free.

The Tips from Former Smokers campaign

Center for Diseases Control (CDC) this week launched the Tips from Former Smokers campaign. This campaign features real people suffering as a result of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke. All stories are real and send a powerful message:

Quit smoking now. Or better yet — don’t start.

Terrie talks about how she gets ready for the day after the effects of treatments for throat cancer caused her to lose her teeth and hair, and to have a tracheotomy.

Jessica, a mother with a young son who suffers from asthma attacks due to secondhand smoke exposure.

Now its time to quit smoking! 

World No Tobacco Day 2012

Dear friends I am happy to present you our new member from Brazil Doctor Marilia Varella. Today we are publishing post by Marilia:

This is an yearly celebration meant to inform the public worldwide on the dangers of using tobacco. It is an awareness day!
But why is Tobacco? Because, according to World Health Organization, and we pulmonologists all agree with these data, smoking cause more than five million deaths a year – killing an average of one person every six seconds – and accounts for one in 10 adult deaths. Smoking is the single largest avoidable cause of illness and premature death worldwide .
So we must do something. How about to join this cause, to share information about the tobacco-free initiatives in your country and World No Tobacco Day? We all believe in our role in quitting process. Now we need to invite more health professionals to do the same - a brief advice will often lead to action!

I`d like to draw your attention to the fact that, right now in Brazil, the great issue is the prohibition of added sugars and flavorants to cigarettes. This discussion was postponed (due to a strong cigarette business lobby) and was finally discussed on March 13, 2012: flavorants are banned but not (yet) sugar ...

 

Finally, I want to share some good links I found … browse them and have some good ideas! 


http://www.who.int/tobacco/wntd/2012/announcement/en/index.html

http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/details/issue/699927/World-No-Tobacco-Day.html

http://www.cigarettesflavours.com/tobacco-marketing-strategies/

http://pulmaosarss.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/etica-deve-ser-global-e-nao-local/

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World No Tobacco Day 2012! 

Let`s work together to ban smoking!

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