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Tobacco kills: It shouldn’t be advertised, glamorized or subsidized

WHO has selected “Tobacco-free films and entertainment” as the theme for World No Tobacco Day 2003 to highlight how the tobacco industry uses the entertainment industry to:

directly and indirectly promote its products

appeal to young people

spread the deadly and debilitating tobacco epidemic

circumvent tobacco control laws and regulations.

Tobacco is the only legal consumer product that kills when used exactly as intended by the manufacturer. World No Tobacco Day will help to save more lives and to limit the damage caused by tobacco use.

The key messages of this year’s World No Tobacco Day are:

The tobacco industry exploits the entertainment industry.

Young people are being lured to addiction through glamour and appeal.

Film stars and celebrities should stop the direct and indirect marketing of tobacco products.

The entertainment industry should strive to regulate the explicit use of tobacco products on screens.

All countries have a moral obligation to ratify and fully implement the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to save lives.

Overview

Tobacco-free sports: Towards a tobacco-free generation

WHO has selected “Tobacco-free sports” as the theme for World No Tobacco Day 2002 to:

expose how tobacco companies manipulate sporting events and teams through advertising, sponsorship and promotion

show how tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion run counter to the ideals of health and fair play embodied in sports

stress that tobacco use negatively affects health, sporting performance and physical fitness

demonstrate how the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) will seek global and national solutions for tobacco-related problems.

Tobacco is the only legal consumer product that kills when used exactly as intended by the manufacturer. World No Tobacco Day will help to save more lives and to limit the damage caused by tobacco use.

The key messages of this year’s World No Tobacco Day are:

Tobacco and sports do not mix.

Tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion should be banned.

Tobacco consumption and exposure to second-hand smoke should be prohibited.

Future generations must be protected from the preventable death and disease caused by tobacco.

Health and healthy living is everyone’s right.

All countries have a moral obligation to adopt the WHO FCTC to save lives.

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Regional Director’s message

Flyer.

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Image of the World No Tobacco Day 2007 poster, showing a café with a smoke-free environment.

Poster [Café]

Image of the World No Tobacco Day 2007 poster, showing a car repair workshop with a smoke-free environment.

Poster [Workshop]

Prix

Chaque année, l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) décerne des prix à des personnalités ou organisations importantes ayant apporté une contribution majeure à la lutte antitabac et au succès de la Journée mondiale sans tabac et du thème choisi. Ces prix témoignent de la reconnaissance de l'OMS pour tout le temps et les efforts qu'elles ont consacré aux campagnes et à la lutte antitabac.

Cette année, six prix ont été remis à l'occasion de la Journée mondiale sans tabac. Les lauréats sont :

Dr Mariam Al-Jalahma, Sous-secrétaire adjointe aux soins de santé primaires et à la santé publique (Bahreïn)

Dr Hamdy El Sayed, Professeur de chirurgie cardiothoracique, Président du Syndicat médical égyptien (Égypte)

Dr Alireza Mesdaghinia, Adjoint à la santé, Ministère de la Santé et de l'éducation médicale (République islamique d'Iran)

Mme Mawya Zawawi Hammad, Fondatrice et Directrice générale de Lina and Green Hands Society (Jordanie)

Dr Jawad Ahmed Al Lawati, Directeur du département des maladies non transmissibles, Ministère de la Santé (Oman)

Dr Alaa Aldeen Abdalla Abo Zed, Professeur associé, Faculté de médecine de l'Université de Khartoum (Soudan)

Ces personnes sont de fervents défenseurs de la lutte antitabac et, à cet égard, ont participé activement à diverses activités au niveau national, en particulier à l'élaboration d'une législation antitabac et à la mobilisation des parties prenantes pour l'adoption et la mise en œuvre de politiques et de mesures de lutte antitabac. Elles ont joué un rôle crucial dans le suivi des différentes étapes et l'application de la règlementation en la matière.

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