"Observed around the world every year on
May 31. It is meant to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms
of tobacco consumption across the
globe. The day is further intended to draw global attention to the widespread
prevalence of tobacco use and to negative health effects, which currently lead
to 5.4 million deaths worldwide annually. The member states of the World Health
Organization (WHO) created World No Tobacco Day in 1987. In the past twenty
years, the day has been met with both enthusiasm and resistance across the globe
from governments, public health organizations, smokers, growers, and the tobacco
industry."
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