Tobacco, poverty are strange bedfellows

WNTD is commemorated annually with the main aim of highlighting the risks of tobacco use on different aspects of human life and to advocate for effective policies to reduce the use of tobacco.

This year, the commemoration was held under the theme “Tobacco – a threat to development”. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the campaign will demonstrate the threats that the tobacco industry poses to the sustainable development of all countries, including the health and economic well-being of their citizens. In addition, it will propose measures that governments and the public should take to promote health and development by confronting the global tobacco crisis.