In the year, 1987, the Member States of the World Health Organization started the World No Tobacco Day. The aim is to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and both preventable as well as death it causes.

On this day, the focus is on spreading awareness about varied dangers of using tobacco and how lot of health problems can be tackled by doctors or averted, when an individual quit smoking.

This day became a big day for both health as well as community workers to go, all out and help people quit tobacco.

Tobacco causes nearing to 8 million deaths ach year. Smokers are more likely to get infected with Covid-19 infection when compared to non-smokers.

When you quit, immediately within twenty minutes both, heart rate and blood pressure drop. Quitters are winners, please stop smoking to save your life.

(By Fanying)