World No Tobacco Day to be observed in Lahore hospital

Today is 31st May and today all over the world and WHO is celebrates World No Tobacco Day, highlighting the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to reduce consumption. Tobacco use is the second cause of death globally (after hypertension) and is currently responsible for killing one in 10 adults worldwide. The World Health Assembly created World No Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and its lethal effects.

People around the world is celebrate the World No Tobacco Day differently. The hospital’s pulmonology department has organized various activities, which include distribution of literature on tobacco use, an awareness walk, pamphlets on hazards of tobacco use, ways of eliminating and controlling tobacco use, and displaying banners outside the hospital to create awareness on the issue. Let's see the way how we celebrates this.

The increasing number of Pakistani youth is getting addicted to tobacco consumption in the form Shisha smoking, The Daily Times reports. About five million people die each year from tobacco epidemic across the globe. The death toll is rising steadily and is expected to reach over 8 million within the next two decades.