World No Tobacco Day 2008
I have overlook so much events recently even though I have marked them in my Google Calendar. 2 days ago at May 31st, there was a World No Tobacco Day, an annual event organized by WHO
This year celebration carried out theme Tobacco-Free Youth, which aim to break the advertising of smoking especially to youth. The facts why this campaign focused on them.
WHY DO WE NEED TO CAMPAIGN FOR A TOTAL BAN ON TOBACCO ADVERTISING, PROMOTION AND SPONSORSHIP?
• Because about half the children of the world live in countries that do not ban free distribution of tobacco products to them.
• Because only total and comprehensive bans can be effective in reducing tobacco consumption.
• Because national-level studies before and after advertising bans found a decline in tobacco consumption of up to 16%.
• Because partial bans have little or no impact on demand since advertising can be switched to alternative media.
For a note, I was a hardcore smoker few years back before I met Mai my wife. She is so persist and persuasive in effort to put a dot in my smoking habit. Alhamdulilah, I stopped smoking (not 100%) after our engagement and 100% clean after I married.
How about you?? Show you support to this campaign!!
Agak2 berjaya ker zaki??
ntahlah.. NO Tobacco day .. bagi saya yang tak merokok oklah..
yang perokok tu boleh ke laksanakan?>???
dang i didnt know they distributed it freely to other countries around the world to kids… shame on them!
-KeLLy
Here in India tobacco products are not to be supplied to children (u need to be 18+ to have them) punishments are there.. but the extend is in monetary terms.. in kerala (a state in India) public smoking is banned(not that effective- but atleast its banned). And here vendor is not supposed to supply free fire for smoking
Yeah no mtch sticks baby.. u have to bu them if u wanna smoke 
Because none cares about you and if you want to stop breathing nicotine – you should pay for that.
For a note, I was a hardcore smoker few years back before I met my wife – just the same story.. quit 2 years ago and feel fine