Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Today is 'World No Tobacco Day'
Today is 'World No Tobacco Day,' an annual observance started by the World Health Organization to detail the damage done by tobacco smoke worldwide and to discourage people from using tobacco.
According to the WHO, tobacco use kills approximately 3.5 million people worldwide per year. That equals 10,000 people per day.
In addition, the health related costs from tobacco use are $200 billion per year according to a study conducted by the World Bank.
The WHO also estimates that by 2020, tobacco will kill more than 10 million people annually worldwide. That would make it the leading cause of death and disability in the world, taking more lives than HIV, motor vehicle accidents, suicide, homicide and death in child birth combined.
The focus of this year's 'World No Tobacco Day' is getting health care professionals to encourage people to stop smoking. Right now, only a small percentage of health care professionals are trained to get people to stop smoking. The WHO wants to raise awareness of this and increase the training doctors, nurses and other health care professionals get in this area.
More lives than AIDS? That is a lot. More power to the WHO. (I hate cigarettes and smoking).
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According to the WHO, tobacco use kills approximately 3.5 million people worldwide per year. That equals 10,000 people per day.
In addition, the health related costs from tobacco use are $200 billion per year according to a study conducted by the World Bank.
The WHO also estimates that by 2020, tobacco will kill more than 10 million people annually worldwide. That would make it the leading cause of death and disability in the world, taking more lives than HIV, motor vehicle accidents, suicide, homicide and death in child birth combined.
The focus of this year's 'World No Tobacco Day' is getting health care professionals to encourage people to stop smoking. Right now, only a small percentage of health care professionals are trained to get people to stop smoking. The WHO wants to raise awareness of this and increase the training doctors, nurses and other health care professionals get in this area.
More lives than AIDS? That is a lot. More power to the WHO. (I hate cigarettes and smoking).
.
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