No Tobacco Day

Today, May 31 is No Tobacco Day which declared by the World Health Organization(WHO). This year’s topic is a ban on tobacco advertisement and promotion. Stop smoking can prevent diseases which cause death, such as lung cancer and cardiovascular disease.

According to CBC news’s data, the top three areas where have the most smokers are Nunavut 59.7 per cent, N.W.T. 34.9 per cent and Yukon 29.3 per cent. BC is 15.8% which is the lowest smoking rate in Canada. From the data, North Canada’s numbers are significantly high. The other information from the news is 80 per cent smokers come from low or middle income families. I think the reason is the poor copying strategies. Some people smoking to release stress. Actually, it does not help and bad for the health.

As we all known, smoking harm out health. Studies showed that 21 per cent of deaths in men and 12.2 per cent of deaths in women because of smoking. The most three consequences relate to smoking are lung cancer, cardiovascular disease and respiratory disease. If we can smoke less, the less chances we got disease. Second hand smoking is the other killer. Even though you do not smoke, you may expose to the smoking environment. It is bad for your health even worse than smoking directly.

It is very important to control tobacco use. There are some ways about tobacco control, such as ban all tobacco adverting, promotion and sponsorship or increasing tobacco prices. In my opinion, the best way to let people quit smoking is education. If people get more education about the negative of smoking, they may think about to quit smoking.