World No Tobacco Day: These ads will make you want to kick the butt
31 May 2016 12:11 PM IST31 May 2016 12:11 PM IST
Tobacco is leading to the death of 1.3 million people across the Region every year - the equivalent of 150 fatalities per hour.
Tobacco is leading to the death of 1.3 million people across the Region every year - the equivalent of 150 fatalities per hour.- \"It is not one of the best options, though some people can do the cold turkey' way and have gained positive results.\" (Photo: Pinterest)
- “One of the best ways to stop smoking can be your commitment towards it. One fine morning, you cannot just stop smoking. The number of cigarettes you smoke a day should be decreased gradually,\" advices Dr Vivek Anand Padegal, Consultant Pulmonologist, Fortis Hospital. (Photo: Pinterest)
- On World No Tobacco Day, one must consider the harm the Region's tobacco epidemic is doing and consider ways to counter it with immediate effect. (Photo: Pinterest)
- Tobacco kills. (Photo: Pinterest)
- Plain packaging is one of the easiest ways to help our friends and family live longer and healthier lives and is an initiative that will only gain momentum. (Photo: Pinterest)
- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has on World No Tobacco Day this year called on all nations to be ready for plain packaging of tobacco products. (Photo: Pinterest)
- Overall, 80% of COPD cases are due to tobacco smoking. (Photo: Pinterest)
- On the eve of World No Tobacco Day, World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday said that the use of tobacco continues to be a major public health issue across South East Asian region including India as it kills on an average around 150 persons every hour. (Photo: Pinterest)
- Smoking drastically increases risk of all types of cancer. (Photo: Pinterest)
- WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, says tobacco use continues to be a major public health issue across the WHO South-East Asia Region with nearly 246 million people in the region's 11 countries continuing to smoke tobacco and just below 290 million using it in smokeless forms. (Photo: Pinterest)
- The member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) created World No Tobacco Day in 1987. (Photo: Pinterest)
- A recent Abnormality Report put together by Indus Health Plus, from January 2015 to April 2016, revealed that 25-30% of the people in the city under the age group of 35-40 are under the risk of oral cancer. (Photo: Pinterest)
- The main aim is to draw attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and to negative health effects. (Photo: Pinterest)
- It is intended to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption around the globe. (Photo: Pinterest)
- World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on May 31. (Photo: Pinterest)
Tobacco is leading to the death of 1.3 million people across the Region every year - the equivalent of 150 fatalities per hour.
Tobacco is leading to the death of 1.3 million people across the Region every year - the equivalent of 150 fatalities per hour.
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