World No-Tobacco Day Research Articles

An Analysis of Arguments Advanced via Twitter in an Advocacy Campaign to Promote Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems.

Advocates of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) increasingly use Twitter to promote liberal ENDS policies. "World Vape Day" (WVD) is an annual campaign organized by pro-ENDS advocacy groups, some of which have links to the nicotine industry (eg, via funding from the "Foundation for a Smoke-Free World"). In 2020, the campaign used dedicated social media accounts to disseminate WVD-branded images and campaign messages. We examined tweets posted as part of WVD 2020 to identify and analyze pro-ENDS policy arguments. We extracted tweets posted between 26 May and 3 June 2020 that included the hashtag #WorldVapeDay. We used qualitative thematic analysis to code a random sample (n = 2200) of approximately half the original English language tweets (n = 4387) and used descriptive analysis to identify the most frequently used co-hashtags. Arguments related to four themes: harm reduction, smoking cessation, rights and justice, and opposition to ENDS restrictions. Tweets criticized individuals and groups perceived as opposing liberal ENDS regulation, and used personal testimonials to frame ENDS as a harm reduction tool and life-saving smoking cessation aid. Tweets also advanced rights-based arguments, such as privileging adults' rights over children's rights, and calling for greater recognition of consumers' voices. Tweets frequently used hashtags associated with the WHO and World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The WVD campaign presented a series of linked pro-ENDS arguments seemingly aimed at policy-makers, and strategically integrated with the WHO's WNTD campaign. Critically assessing pro-ENDS arguments and the campaigns used to promote these is vital to helping policy actors develop proportionate ENDS policy. Social media platforms have considerable potential to influence policy actors. Tweets are easily generated and duplicated, creating an impression of sizeable and influential stakeholders. Evidence that the "World Vape Day" campaign was supported by groups with industry links, and targeted-at least in part-at WHO officials and those who follow the WHO World No Tobacco Day campaign, highlights the importance of critically reviewing such campaigns. Further research could examine how health advocates could engage in pro-ENDS campaigns to support balanced messaging and informed policy-making.

World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco is a Threat to the One Health and Sustainability.

On 31st May of every year, in honour of the 'World No Tobacco Day (WNTD),' the international community does organise various events and encourages avoiding all forms of Tobacco consumption. To commemorate WNTD-2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) has promoted awareness to highlight the link between Tobacco and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Because, Tobacco use is the second leading cause of CVD, after high blood pressure. In addition to CVD, Tobacco use is also known to cause many non-communicable diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer and other complicated disorders caused by smoking. In fact, non-communicable diseases are now emerging as the primary disease burden. Globally, Tobacco use kills about 7 million people each year, and if the trend remains the same, then it will kill more than 8 million people per year by 2030. On the contrary, despite promoting awareness, the Tobacco industry is growing with little or no regulation. However, in the long run, the global community will not be able to afford business as usual as Tobacco has a direct impact on human health, environmental health and sustainable development.

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.

Tobacco control in Nepal during a time of government turmoil (1960–2006)

BackgroundNepal was a monarchy, then a dictatorship, then a democracy. This paper reviews how tobacco control progressed in Nepal in the context of these changes in government from 1950 through...

A Novel Evaluation of World No Tobacco Day in Latin America

BackgroundWorld No Tobacco Day (WNTD), commemorated annually on May 31, aims to inform the public about tobacco harms. Because tobacco control surveillance is usually annualized, the effectiveness of WNTD remains unexplored into its 25th year.ObjectiveTo explore the potential of digital surveillance (infoveillance) to evaluate the impacts of WNTD on population awareness of and interest in cessation.MethodsHealth-related news stories and Internet search queries were aggregated to form a continuous and real-time data stream. We monitored daily news coverage of and Internet search queries for cessation in seven Latin American nations from 2006 to 2011.ResultsCessation news coverage peaked around WNTD, typically increasing 71% (95% confidence interval [CI] 61–81), ranging from 61% in Mexico to 83% in Venezuela. Queries indicative of cessation interest peaked on WNTD, increasing 40% (95% CI 32–48), ranging from 24% in Colombia to 84% in Venezuela. A doubling in cessation news coverage was associated with approximately a 50% increase in cessation queries. To gain a practical perspective, we compared WNTD-related activity with New Year’s Day and several cigarette excise tax increases in Mexico. Cessation queries around WNTD were typically greater than New Year’s Day and approximated a 2.8% (95% CI –0.8 to 6.3) increase in cigarette excise taxes.ConclusionsThis novel evaluation suggests WNTD had a significant impact on popular awareness (media trends) and individual interest (query trends) in smoking cessation. Because WNTD is constantly evolving, our work is also a model for real-time surveillance and potential improvement in WNTD and similar initiatives.

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

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