WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2021

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY

According to India Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) Every year, 1 million people in India die due to consumption of tobacco. The nicotine found in tobacco is highly addictive and creates dependence. The behavioural and emotional ties to tobacco use – like having a cigarette with your coffee,  craving tobacco, feelings of sadness or stress  – make it hard to kick the habit. 

With professional support and cessation services, tobacco users double their chances of quitting successfully.

Currently, over 70% of the 1.3 billion tobacco users worldwide lack access to the tools they need to quit successfully. This gap in access to cessation services is only further exacerbated in the last year as the health workforce has been mobilized to handle the pandemic.

That’s why WHO launched a year-long campaign for World No Tobacco Day’s   – “Commit to Quit” theme. The campaign aims to empower 100 million tobacco users to make a quit attempt by creating networks of support and increasing access to services proven to help tobacco users quit successfully.

This will be achieved by scaling-up existing services such as brief advice from health professionals and national toll free quit lines, as well as launching innovative services like Florence, WHO’s first digital health worker, and chatbot support programmes on WhatsApp and Viber. 

To truly help tobacco users quit, they need to be supported with tried and tested policies and interventions to drive down the demand for tobacco. 

The tobacco industry is the single greatest barrier to reducing deaths caused by tobacco use. Their interests are irreconcilably opposed to promoting public health, and point to a critical need to keep them out of global tobacco control efforts.

We can together create a better world only by providing the support, services and policies that enable people to quit. Along with this, creating awareness and sanitizing people plays a significant role.

Let’s pledge for a healthier and happier tomorrow. 

 By Hetika Kathuria

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