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World No Tobacco Day --- May 31, 2008
The theme for World No Tobacco Day 2008 is
Tobacco-Free Youth: Break the Tobacco Marketing Net. The
tobacco industry spends billions of dollars worldwide on advertising, promotion, and sponsorship.
Recent data from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey indicate
an increase in tobacco use among adolescent girls in many countries
(1). Much of this increase has been attributed to aggressive marketing by the tobacco industry
(2), which encourages potential users, especially adolescents, to try tobacco and become long-term consumers.
Evidence-based tobacco-control strategies that are comprehensive, sustained, and support nonsmoking behaviors
have been shown to prevent and reduce tobacco use
(3). The World Health Organization Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control calls on countries to implement scientifically proven measures to reduce tobacco use and its
impact (4). Additional information on World No Tobacco Day 2008 activities is available at
http://www.who.int/tobacco/wntd/2008/en/index.html
References
Warren CW, Jones NR, Eriksen MP, Asma S. Patterns of global tobacco use in young people and implications for future chronic disease burden
in adults. Lancet 2006;367:749--53.
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