No-Tobacco Day Research Articles

Prevalence and behavior regarding cigarette and water pipe smoking among Syrian undergraduates

BackgroundThe devastating Syrian crisis has raised concern regarding the social acceptance of smoking especially with water pipe use becoming a growing epidemic. We aim to determine the prevalence of cigarette and water pipe smoking among university students, along with identifying the addictive behavior among university students. MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted at the Syrian Private University during World No-Tobacco Day, in Damascus, Syria during the war crisis. The survey consists of 4 sections: socio-demographic information, Fagerström Test of Nicotine Dependence, attitude towards water pipes, and perspective about smoking. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Sciences version 25.0 (SPSS Inc., United States.) ResultsOf the 622 participants, 429 (69%) were males with a mean age of 21.3 ± 3.1 years. The prevalence of tobacco smoking was 320 (51.4%), 208 (23.8%) for cigarettes, and 112 (18.0%) for water pipe. Smoking was significantly higher among male non-medical university students. The majority were low to moderate dependent when assessed by the Fagerström Test of Nicotine Dependence. ConclusionsThis study showed a very high prevalence of smoking indicating the need for smoking cessation programs, access to effective quitting treatments, and mass media campaigns to diminish smoking among the youth.

31 May is WORLD NO TOBACCO day

31 May is WORLD NO TOBACCO day

"Você aprende. A gente ensina?": interrogando relações entre educação e saúde desde a perspectiva da vulnerabilidade

This article explores the meanings associated with the motto used in a World No-Tobacco Day campaign to stimulate a discussion of the principal underlying messages in the field of health education in Brazil. The study focuses on the concept of vulnerability to contextualize and explore its interfaces with education in order to highlight the theoretical, practical, and political productivity of the link between health education and studies on vulnerability. In conclusion, the necessary renewal of health practices in general and health education practices in particular can benefit tremendously from the vulnerability reference, to the extent that it demarcates a new horizon for situating and linking risks, "causalities", and "determinations", drawing health--as well as the possibility of illness--into the field of real life, into the world of inter-subjective relations, where these processes gain unique meanings.

Evaluation of a poster campaign against passive smoking for World No-Tobacco Day

Four hundred posters on passive smoking were placed on billboards in the streets of Geneva, Switzerland, for 2 weeks in 2001. We conducted a postal survey before and immediately after the campaign, in Geneva and Neuchâtel. The Geneva sample ( n = 834) was exposed to the campaign while the Neuchâtel sample ( n = 1121) acted as a control group. Following the poster campaign, 36% of respondents in Geneva reported having seen posters about smoking prevention, compared to 18% beforehand ( P < 0.001). Corresponding figures in Neuchâtel were 18% (after) and 13% (before). The difference in before–after change between the target and control groups was significant ( P < 0.001). The poster had no effect on cigarette consumption or intention to quit. The poster was widely seen and remembered by the target audience, but the campaign was probably too short and isolated to have an impact on smoking behaviour.

Israeli political and health leaders acknowledge World No-Tobacco Day - 2000

Israeli political and health leaders acknowledge World No-Tobacco Day - 2000

World No-Tobacco Day Targets Sports and the Arts

SPORTS AND THE ARTS are the focus for this year's World No-Tobacco Day, which is set for May 31. This is the ninth consecutive year that the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged tobacco users to abstain for at least a day and perhaps for good (JAMA. 1989;261:13). The WHO, an autonomous unit within the United Nations system with main headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, says the upcoming May 31 observance "is a unique opportunity to mobilize athletes, artists, and the [news] media, as well as the public in general, in support of the objective of promoting a society and a way of life where tobacco use is no longer an accepted norm." Still, tobacco promotion and many sports (as well as occasional cultural) events have been linked. But WHO officials say that the recent smoke-free history of the Olympic Games is encouraging as far as athletics are concerned. The 1988

World No-Tobacco Day targets sports and the arts

World No-Tobacco Day targets sports and the arts

World No-Tobacco Day: Media Is Message

NEXT TUESDAY is World No-Tobacco Day. World Health Organization, an autonomous unit within the United Nations system, has promoted World NoTobacco Day for 7 years in an attempt to encourage governments, communities, groups, and individuals to become aware of the problem and to take appropriate action. theme of next week's World No-Tobacco Day is The [news] Media and Tobacco: Getting the Health Message Across. In recent days, more than ever, that message repeatedly has been printed in newspapers and magazines and broadcast on radio and television. Media 'Message of Doom'? It perhaps is understandable if some in the tobacco industry tend to interpret that message as one of doom. This spring's news media accounts of events affecting the industry cannot be cheering to those who make their living from tobacco. For example, it has been reported in the news media that Congress and the Food and Drug Administration

World No‐Tobacco Day

Medical Journal of AustraliaVolume 160, Issue 10 p. 598-599 Leading Article World No-Tobacco Day Bronwyn Gaut, Bronwyn Gaut Assistant Editor Medical Journal of AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author Bronwyn Gaut, Bronwyn Gaut Assistant Editor Medical Journal of AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 May 1994 https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1994.tb125861.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume160, Issue10May 1994Pages 598-599 RelatedInformation

'Window to Tobacco-Free World' Clouded Slightly

WORLD No-Tobacco Day is next Monday and it might have been a good idea for the World Health Organization to combine this year's slogan with the one for 1994. The theme of the sixth annual World No-Tobacco Day on May 31 is "health services—window to a tobacco-free world." Next year's theme is "media against tobacco." But it's this year that the media are having most of the say about tobacco and the news in the United States is not good. For example, it's currently being reported that in 1991, the latest year for which data have been compiled, 25 years of steady decline in the nation's rate of smoking suddenly halted (<i>JAMA</i>. 1993; 269:1932) and there even was a slight increase in the reported percentage of the US population that smokes—from 25.5% in 1990 to 25.7% in 1991. <h3>Discouraging Developments</h3> Michael P. Eriksen, ScD, director, Office on Smoking and Health,

No-Tobacco Day Targets Workplace as UN World Health Campaign Moves Into Fifth Year

SUNDAY is the fifth World No-Tobacco Day. The sponsoring World Health Organization says this year's theme is "Tobacco-free Workplaces." The World Health Organization is an autonomous unit within the United Nations system with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Hiroshi Nakajima, MD, PhD, the organization's director-general who is committed to major international reductions in tobacco use, has made recent appearances in the United States including at the John Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health's 75th anniversary program in Baltimore, Md, late last month. He says that the World Health Organization already is appealing to public officials and "to the civic sense of individuals" to halt the use of tobacco. Now, he says, "on May 31, we're turning to workers and employers." So, apparently, is at least one tobacco company. It's reported that Philip Morris Inc is sponsoring 15 country music concerts this year, 10 of which are to be on

No-Tobacco Day targets workplace as UN World Health campaign moves into fifth year

No-Tobacco Day targets workplace as UN World Health campaign moves into fifth year

World No-Tobacco Day: 31 May 1992

World No-Tobacco Day: 31 May 1992

United Nations Schedules May 31 as Fourth 'World No-Tobacco Day'

THE LAST DAY of this month has been designated "World No-Tobacco Day." This is the fourth year in a row that the occasion has been designated by the World Health Organization, an autonomous unit within the United Nations system with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The theme for the May 31 observance this year is "Public Places and Transport—Better Be Tobacco-Free." Hiroshi Nakajima, MD, PhD, director-general of the World Health Organization, suggests that, "besides displaying politeness and normal consideration for others, refraining from smoking in public places and on public transport introduces a measure of prudence for hardened smokers, the real nicotine addicts, in that they stop for a short time. And this perhaps will convince them that it is possible to live without tobacco for increasingly long periods." <h3>Fires, Smoke in Public Places</h3> Among other problems, World Health Organization officials point out, "many fires in public places are attributable to

United Nations schedules May 31 as fourth 'World No-Tobacco Day'

United Nations schedules May 31 as fourth 'World No-Tobacco Day'

WHO vs Tobacco

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION officials in Geneva, Switzerland, already are planning the next seven World Days. This year's World No-Tobacco Day was May 31 (JAMA. 1990;263:1056). It had the theme Growing Up Without Tobacco, and sought to emphasize the dangers of tobacco use for young people. World No-Tobacco Days began in 1988 (JAMA. 1989;261:2938, 1989; 261:1861-1862, and 1989;261:13). World Organization, which is an autonomous unit within the United Nations system, uses these occasions to call on member nations to urge tobacco users to abstain for at least a day and perhaps to quit for good. Themes for future World No-Tobacco Days include the following: 1991 Tobacco-Free Public and Public Transport 1992 Tobacco-Free Work Places 1993 Health Services, Including Personnel, Against 1994 The [News] Media Against 1995 The Economics of Tobacco Control 1996 Sports and the Arts Without 1997 The United Nations and Specialized

Second World No-Tobacco Day Is Next Week

WORLD NO-TOBACCO DAY is May 31. This is the second year in a row that the World Health Organization, an autonomous unit within the United Nations system, has called upon its 166 member nations to urge tobacco users to abstain for at least a day and perhaps for good. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was among nations joining in the effort last year (<i>JAMA</i>. 1989;261:13). Soviet officials praised that First World No-Tobacco Day for attracting "much public attention to a very serious issue" (<i>Arch Environ Health</i>. 1988;43:374-375). <h3>Focus on Women</h3> This year's Second World No-Tobacco Day has the theme of "The Female Smoker: At Added Risk." Hiroshi Nakajima, MD, PhD, director-general of the World Health Organization, says the theme reflects concern over "the rapidly increasing use of tobacco among women in most developed and developing countries, with specific consequences for their own and their children's health." Epidemiologists at the

Second World No-Tobacco Day is next week

Second World No-Tobacco Day is next week

World Health Day Emphasizes Preventive Efforts, Teamwork to Fight Illness, Injury, Drugs

TODAY (April 7) is World Health Day. Its motto is let's talk health. One goal of this sharing of knowledge about healthier life-styles, according to Hiroshi Nakajima, MD, PhD, director-general of the sponsoring World Health Organization, is to help each of the planet's citizens to feel responsible for his or her own health. World No-Tobacco Day Next World Health Day will be followed in about 8 weeks by World No-Tobacco Day (May 31). And, in about 8 months (December 1), another world day is planned in connection with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The latter will be the second World AIDS Day ( JAMA . 1988;260:2969-2970). All of these are sponsored by the World Health Organization, an autonomous unit within the United Nations system that came into being 41 years ago today with the ratification of its constitution. Today, 166 nations belong to the World Health Organization and it has a worldwide staff of