Restrict the use of tobacco for improving the world health
May 31
“ WE need food, not tobacco” as
this year’s main theme was set by the World Health Organization to mark the
World No Tobacco Day which falls on 31 May to increase awareness regarding the
harmful effects of smoking and tobacco use on an individual.
Tobacco becomes a global problem
as sown acreage has been increased year by year to trigger health problems for
young age people throughout the world. Hence, the World Health Organization
arranged awareness for global people to have knowledge about the tobacco
epidemic and the preventable death and disease triggered by Tobacco. In 1988,
the World Health Organization passed Resolution WHA42.19 to mark World No Tobacco
Day on 31 May every year.
On 26 May, the World Health
Organization stated that tobacco directly or indirectly killed some 8 million
global people on a yearly basis as relevant governments allow the cultivation
of tobacco plantations. But, growing crops instead of tobacco on cultivable
lands can present dangers of terrible diseases. In fact, tobacco is a threat
posed to unsafe food as well as intimidation to the health of smokers and the
whole health system.
Use of tobacco as smoking leads
to more than 8 million deaths of global people per year, including 1.2 million
people as the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke. Thanks
to celebrating the commemorative day, the global people can notice the dangers
of using tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies, and enchanting
people around the world to claim their right to health and healthy living and
to protect future generations.
Some 64,000 people in Myanmar
lose their lives in suffering from diseases related to the use of tobacco-related
materials. Hence, the country yearly loses some K2.6 trillion in consumption of
tobacco and smoking, which amount of finance is equal to 3.3 per cent of the
Gross Domestic Products of the country, according to the report on investment
in cigarette and tobacco control issued in December 2018.
Global countries change tobacco
plantations with more than 600 million trees on 3.5 million hectares of land
plots. Tobacco industries use 22 billion litres of water and emit greenhouse
gases which are equal to 84 megatonnes of carbon every year. As a result, these
industries worsen global warming and climate change. That is why it is
necessary to strive for benefiting the people through agriculture and livestock
farms instead of tobacco plantations for shaping a brighter future for the
State.
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