World No Tobacco Day
Unless urgent action is taken to reverse this global epidemic, tobacco will kill as many as one billion people this century, making it the greatest single source of preventable death and disease. Since 2008, vital strategies has worked with 41 countries to deliver more than 350 evidence-based, cost-effective population-level media campaigns that build local capacity and raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco. To mark world no tobacco day on may 31,2020, vital strategies launched over a dozen campaigns and initiatives echoing the world health organization’s theme to protect youth from industry manipulation and prevent them from tobacco and nicotine use. World no tobacco day is an international event that pushes governments and the public into measures that promote better health and confronting the global tobacco crisis. This yearly celebration informs the public on the dangers of using tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies, what who is doing to fight the tobacco epidemic, and what people around the world can do to claim their right to health and healthy living and to protect future generations. The member states of the world health organization created world no tobacco day in 1987 to draw global attention to the
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Teen Vaping: What You Need to Know
Adolescence is a time of increased susceptibility to the harmful effects of nicotine, including addiction, particularly as young brains are still developing into their 20s and young people can become dependent on nicotine with lower levels of exposure than adults. Nicotine can affect memory and concentration and is known to alter teen brain development. Exposure to nicotine during adolescence may cause reduced impulse control as well as cognitive and behavioural problems. Vaping may predispose youth to addiction to nicotine and possibly other drugs. Learn more about the risks of vaping. It is now widely recognized that vaping is unhealthy and dangerous, even if it might not be quite as unhealthy and dangerous as smoking conventional, combustible cigarettes. The more immediate health effects include coughing and wheezing, behavioral and mood changes, headaches, seizures, vomiting and potential severe lung injury. Vaping also negatively affects teens’ attention, learning, mood and impulse control in a way that can affect them in school, sports and social situations. Nearly all vaping products contain nicotine, in many cases as much as or more than in traditional cigarettes. Nicotine negatively affects the cardiovascular system (increasing heart rate and blood pressure and the risk of heart attack and
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