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World No Tobacco Day 2025: Here’s all you need to know (Source: Freepik)
World No-Tobacco Day 2025: World No-Tobacco Day is an annual global observance which aims to raise awareness about the ill effects of tobacco consumption and promote a tobacco-free world with control measures, encouraging its consumers to quit.
The campaign for World No Tobacco Day was spearheaded by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1987 with a resolution titled “World No Smoking Day” to encourage tobacco users to quit, and the following year, it designated May 31 as World No Tobacco Day, making it an annual global observance.
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WHO further established the Tobacco-Free Initiative (TFI) in 1998 to address the worldwide health risks associated with tobacco use, and by 2008, the WHO used World No Tobacco Day to call for a complete ban on all tobacco products and related advertising to counter the impact of tobacco businesses targeting vulnerable groups.
This year, World No Tobacco Day will be observed on Saturday, May 31, 2025, highlighting on theme, “Unmasking the Appeal: Exposing Industry Tactics on Tobacco and Nicotine Products,” which aims to focus on exposing the tactics that the tobacco and nicotine enterprises employ to make their harmful products seem attractive.
World No Tobacco Day 2025: The WHO aims to focus on preventing the tobacco industry from targeting young people with harmful products and promoting policies that shield them from manipulative practices.
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One of today’s key public health challenges is the appeal of tobacco, nicotine, and associated products, particularly among young people.
The business is constantly looking for methods to make these items more appealing by adding flavours and other chemicals that alter the scent, taste, or appearance, and are intended to hide the harshness of tobacco, boosting its palatability, especially among young people.
Candy-coated lies…enticing new users & keeping existing ones hooked.
The tobacco & nicotine industries target people of all ages with products and designs tailored to different groups while deliberately preying on youth.
The manipulation stops here. #TobaccoExposed
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— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 30, 2025
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