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WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY AT RADHANPUR

Every year on 31^st May, World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is celebrated around the globe. It aims to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all types of tobacco use around the globe. The day also aims to highlight the widespread incidence of tobacco use and the adverse health impacts that has caused more than 7 million fatalities globally each year of which 890,000 are the outcome of second hand smoke exposure to non smokers.

Goals of the World No Tobacco Day 2019 -

The most effective measure to improve lung health is to reduce tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure. But knowledge among large sections of the general public, and particularly among smokers, on the implications for the health of people’s lungs from tobacco smoking and second-hand smoke exposure is low in some countries. Despite strong evidence of the harms of tobacco on lung health, the potential of tobacco control for improving lung health remains underestimated.

The World No Tobacco Day 2019 promotion will raise awareness on the:

• risks posed by tobacco smoking and second-hand smoke exposure;
• awareness on the particular dangers of tobacco smoking to lung health;
• magnitude of death and illness globally from lung diseases caused by tobacco, including chronic respiratory diseases and lung cancer;
• emerging evidence on the link between tobacco smoking and tuberculosis deaths;
• implications of second-hand exposure for lung health of people across age groups; 
• importance of lung health to achieving overall health and well-being;
• Feasible actions and measures that key audiences, including the public and governments, can take to reduce the risks to lung health posed by tobacco.

Some important knowledge on topics about the theme of Tobacco Use & Its Ill Effects, different forms of tobacco and its consequences etc.were discussed with adolescent boys of Santalpur district. Also a speech / extempore was conducted over these topics where the boys took an active participation where they expressed their thoughts and shared the real time experiences  & committed to spread & execute the awareness in their respected villages for the same.

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