No Tobacco Day 2023: Theme, History, Significance
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco claims the lives of as much as half of its users and kills over eight million people every year.
World No Tobacco Day is marked on May 31 to spread awareness about the adverse effects of consuming tobacco. The day also aims to encourage people to quit tobacco and lead a healthier life.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco claims the lives of as much as half of its users and kills over eight million people every year.
World No Tobacco Day 2023 theme
The theme for this year's No Tobacco Day is “We need food, not tobacco”. The global campaign is geared towards promoting alternative crop production and marketing opportunities among tobacco farmers. It aims to encourage those involved in the production of tobacco to grow sustainable and nutritious crops. The campaign is also an attempt to “expose the tobacco industry's efforts to interfere with attempts to substitute tobacco growing with sustainable crops, thereby contributing to the global food crisis”.
