World No Tobacco Day

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death. Last year more than 5 million people worldwide die from smoking related diseases, victims of heart disease, stroke, cancer or respiratory diseases. Other 600 thousand - over a quarter of them children - die instead for exposure to second-hand smoke. The World Health Organization has announced, May 31 World No Tobacco Day. An anniversary this, convened by the WHO itself, which not only serves to make people think about the damage from taking tobacco, but this year also serves to reaffirm the need for the framework convention of WHO on tobacco control is respected and promoted in every country. The theme for World Tobacco Day 2011 was in fact "The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.” Because only through the respect of the WHO FCTC to the fight against tobacco, he can win. A fight this necessary to protect present and future generations from the devastating social, environmental and economic health, arising from tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke. After killing 100 million people during the twentieth century, tobacco use could in fact kill 1,000 million people in the twenty-first century.
The Conference on Smoking cigarettes Control

In force only since 2005, the conference on smoking cigarettes management is the first agreement discussed under the auspices of WHO on the topic. It is one of the most quickly and commonly accepted agreements in UN history, with over 170 states. Among the responsibilities provided in the meeting are those of:

• Secure community health guidelines from professional and other passions of the tobacco industry
• Embrace costs and tax actions to reduce demand for tobacco
• Secure the community from experience tobacco smoke
• Managing the material of cigarettes
• Control the marketing of cigarettes
• Control the appearance and labelling of cigarettes
• Notify individuals of the threats associated with tobacco
• A ban on tobacco advertising, marketing and support of all cigarettes
• Offer help to individuals to end their habit to tobacco
• control the unlawful business in cigarettes
• Prohibiting sales to kids
• Retaining financially alternative plants to tobacco.