31 May
is World No Tobacco Day
This yearly celebration informs the public on the dangers of
using tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies, what WHO is doing
to fight the tobacco epidemic, and what people around the world can do to claim
their right to health and healthy living and to protect future generations.
The Member States of the
World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global
attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it
causes. In 1987, the World Health Assembly passed Resolution WHA40.38, calling
for 7 April 1988 to be a "a world no-smoking day." In 1988,
Resolution WHA42.19 was passed, calling for the celebration of World No Tobacco
Day, every year on 31 May.
