World No Tobacco Day 

World no tobacco day is celebrated on May 31st every year. This initiative was adopted by the world health organization (who) in 1987 to draw everyone's attention to the tobacco epidemic.

This day gives us the opportunity to raise awareness among the general public about the harmful effects of tobacco. According to the global adult tobacco survey (GATS), India 2016-17 fact sheet, 42.4% of men, 14.2% of women, and 28.6% of adults, a total of 266.8 million people, use tobacco in some way. According to GLOBOCAN 2018, 92,011 cases of oral cancer and 48,698 cases of lung cancer are newly diagnosed every year in Japan.

Tobacco attacks all organs in the body, causing cancer in other organs such as the throat, esophagus, stomach, and pancreas, and causing some non-cancerous diseases. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and tobacco-related amblyopia leading to blindness are just a few of the serious illnesses caused by this deadly substance.

This annual campaign has a different theme each year. You will see no tobacco day poster everywhere on internet. The focus of this year is “tobacco and lung health”. According to WHO,

• Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer and accounts for more than two-thirds of all lung cancer deaths worldwide. Second-hand smoke or second-hand smoke also increases the risk of lung cancer.

• Smoking is a major cause of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and exacerbates asthma.

• Infants and children exposed to indirect smoking as a result of use by mothers or other families are at risk of developing asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, and infections.

• Exacerbates the adverse effects of tuberculosis and increases the risk of death from respiratory failure.

• Cigarette smoke contains over 7,000 harmful chemicals that cause indoor air pollution.

This is an epidemic and the best way to control it is to raise awareness and discourage people from using it. Support groups and free hotlines are available today to help people develop habits. These support groups provide psychological and/or pharmacological support to those who decide to quit smoking.

Our country became a party to the WHO framework convention on tobacco control in 2005. Mandatory warning labels for 85% of tobacco products, banning the sale, distribution, and consumption of tobacco and related products in various states, banning smoking in public places, and mandatory health warnings in movie theaters are one of the few initiatives the government has taken.

In addition to prophylaxis, tobacco & smoking causes cancer and its early detection and precancerous lesions plays an important role in reducing cancer-related morbidity and mortality. This is achieved by conducting screening camps where people are tested by trained health care workers and suspicious findings are confirmed by further testing, in addition to health education.

Early-detected cancers are curable. Let's join hands to lead the fight against cancer on this world no tobacco day

Let us make every day a world no tobacco day!

Additional Health Risks Caused by Smoking

Cardiovascular

Smoking can be very harmful to the circulatory system. Tobacco tar contains harmful chemicals that can infect your bloodstream when you smoke. If these toxins enter the blood. The blood thickens, increasing the risk of blood clotting. Increases blood pressure and heart rate, making the heart easier to work blood carries oxygen and circulates in organs

Brain

Smoking cigarettes is also very harmful to the brain. Smokers have a 50% higher risk of stroke than nonsmokers. This doubles the chance of dying from a stroke.

Stomach

Your digestive system, especially your stomach, is severely affected by smoking. Smoking can weaken the esophagus and acid can move in the wrong direction. This process is well known as reflux disease.

Skin

Few people know, but smoking reduces the amount of oxygen that the skin receives. In other words, smoking causes your skin to age 1020 years earlier. It is easy to wrinkle the face around the eyes and mouth.

Lung cancer

Smoking is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Smoking causes 85 percent of lung cancer cases.

Smokers have a higher number of pre-cancer changes in their airways than non-smokers.

When You Smoke:	When You Quit:
Precancerous tissue can turn into cancer The risk of lung cancer and death is 20 times higher than that of nonsmoke  This risk increases with more smoking and longer smoking hours.	Precancerous tissue may return to normal  Lung cancer risk decreases within 5 years  Lung cancer risk continues to decrease over time

Effects of Indirect Smoking On The Lungs

When people smoke, it pollutes the surrounding air. This used smoke comes from two sources.

1.   Cigarette burning edge

2.   Smoke exhaling smokers

Researchers have studied adult nonsmokers who inhale tobacco smoke at work, and the results show that these adults are damaging their lungs. Is showing.

Inhaling used smoke can cause the following health problems: death from lung cancer caused by second-hand smoke.

Keep away from second-hand smoke.

Some Shoking Facts Related to Smoking

• • Smoking leads to disease and disability and harms nearly every organ of the body.

  • Cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States.

  • The tobacco industry spends billions of dollars each year on marketing cigarettes.

  • Smoking costs the United States hundreds of billions of dollars each year.

  • States do not spend much of the money they get from tobacco taxes and lawsuits to prevent smoking and help smokers quit.

  • In 2020, 12.5% of U.S. adults (an estimated 30.8 million people) currently smoked cigarettes: 14.1% of men, 11% of women.

  • Each day, about 1,600 youth try their first cigarette.

  • Many adult cigarette smokers want to quit smoking.