World No Tobacco Day 2021: Commit to quit

World No Tobacco Day 2021: Commit to quit

The focus of this year’s World No Tobacco Day, May 31, is on protecting young people from the marketing of big tobacco companies and helping them avoid using tobacco and nicotine. Each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) sponsors this awareness day to highlight the health risks of using tobacco and to encourage governments to put policies into action that help to reduce smoking and the use of other tobacco products.

According to WHO, tobacco use kills more than 8 million people around the world each year, a number that is predicted to grow unless anti-tobacco actions are increased. In the United States, tobacco use is the largest preventable cause of death and disease. It causes many types of cancer, as well as heart disease, stroke, lung disease, and other health problems. According to WHO, tobacco companies use many ways to appeal to young people, sell more and more cancer sticks to make money.

This year, WHO on the eve of World No Tobacco Day 2021: Commit to quit is encouraging efforts that empower people to 'commit to quit' tobacco use.