US EditionWorld No Tobacco Day Unmasks the Harms of Tobacco
- On May 31, 2025, World No Tobacco Day highlighted the harms of tobacco and the growing threat of vaping targeting youth globally.
- This focus stems from rising evidence that the tobacco and vaping industries use covert marketing tactics to attract adolescents despite bans, such as in India and South Africa.
- Experts at seminars in India and studies in South Africa revealed that influencers glamorize vaping as trendy, masking dangers while youth vaping rates climb sharply.
- For example, 16.8% of South African high schoolers vape regularly, with 88% using nicotine and 60% showing addiction markers, prompting calls for strong regulatory action.
- These events and data underscore the need for intensified awareness, enforcement of bans, youth-led campaigns, and closing marketing loopholes to curb lifelong tobacco dependence.
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Prohibition of Vaping in Mexico: a Look From Public Health and the Illicit Economy
On May 31, World Tobacco-Free Day is celebrated, an initiative promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) to alert against the harm of tobacco use. However, in the Mexican context, the focus has turned to vaping devices, which, although conceived as harm reduction tools, have become the core of a complex crisis derived from prohibitive policies. Since the entry into force of these restrictions, illegal trade in vaping machines has grown exp…
Big Tobacco’s profit addiction needs a quit plan – The Mail & Guardian
Every year on 31 May, the World Health Organisation hosts World No Tobacco Day. The event shines a spotlight on the harmful effects of tobacco use and rallies global efforts to curb it. This year’s theme calls out the marketing tactics Big Tobacco uses to hook new users — especially young people. Because tobacco kills up to half of all lifetime users, tobacco companies must relentlessly seek new customers to sustain their profits. For decades, …
55-Year Smoker Quits Smoking: Now Even the Smell Bothers Him
In Izmir, the Provincial Health Directorate brought together those who quit smoking and the doctors who saved them from addiction on the occasion of 'May 31 World No Tobacco Day'. Mehmet Emin Polat (65), who got rid of 55 years of smoking thanks to the support and treatment recommended by his doctor, said, "The more I wanted to quit, the more I wanted to. The last time I was smoking 4 packs a day. Now even the smell bothers me."
Tobacco is not just addiction but poison: Delhi Speaker Vijender Gupta leads walkathon on World No-Tobacco Day in Rohini
Tobacco is not just addiction but poison: Delhi Speaker Vijender Gupta leads walkathon on World No-Tobacco Day in Rohini New Delhi: On the occasion of World No-Tobacco Day, Delhi’s Rohini area witnessed a strong show of public awareness and health advocacy through a walkathon organised to spread the message against tobacco consumption. The event, themed […] The post Tobacco is not just addiction but poison: Delhi Speaker Vijender Gupta leads wa…
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