{"id":1292,"date":"2017-05-31T09:04:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T09:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2017-11-01T15:30:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T15:30:45","slug":"world-no-tobacco-day-2017-how-different-countries-are-celebrating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/2017\/05\/31\/world-no-tobacco-day-2017-how-different-countries-are-celebrating\/","title":{"rendered":"World No Tobacco Day 2017: how different countries are celebrating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This page brings together coverage from around the world of World No Tobacco Day. It will be updated regularly with tweets, photos and links to news coverage.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2017 is T<strong>obacco &#8211; a threat to development.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tobacco threatens development on many fronts &#8211; health, poverty, women &amp; children, and the environment.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoTobacco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoTobacco<\/a> \ud83d\udead<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9w8K8IeRKz\">https:\/\/t.co\/9w8K8IeRKz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZOpmG8t1Vz\">pic.twitter.com\/ZOpmG8t1Vz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHO\/status\/869827538658447360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In low-income countries, sometimes &gt;10% of household income is spent on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tobacco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tobacco<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\ud83d\udc49less money for food, education &amp; healthcare<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoTobacco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoTobacco<\/a> \ud83d\udead <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X00FVevaL2\">pic.twitter.com\/X00FVevaL2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; World Health Organization South-East Asia (@WHOSEARO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHOSEARO\/status\/869831665476136960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tobacco spending drains resources from households &amp; affects poverty &amp; hunger Find out how <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p002dmTKBc\">https:\/\/t.co\/p002dmTKBc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FoodNotTobacco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FoodNotTobacco<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoTobacco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoTobacco<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/odpPpxcGVA\">pic.twitter.com\/odpPpxcGVA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific (@WHOWPRO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHOWPRO\/status\/869458368615731200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tobacco destroys not only your health &amp; that of your loved ones but also the environment <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CMEwbGXs9m\">https:\/\/t.co\/CMEwbGXs9m<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TreesNotTobacco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TreesNotTobacco<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoTobacco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoTobacco<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/450z5sadjR\">pic.twitter.com\/450z5sadjR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific (@WHOWPRO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHOWPRO\/status\/869820897770655744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tobacco harms development but tobacco control is included in the Sustainable Development Goals, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDGs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDGs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoTobacco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoTobacco<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeBloomberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MikeBloomberg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ncdalliance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ncdalliance<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tw70xkX5t8\">pic.twitter.com\/tw70xkX5t8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Global Alliance for Tobacco Control (GATC) (@GATC_int) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GATC_int\/status\/869538799591849984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand started with a world first by announcing that its military will become completely smoke free by 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/2017\/05\/31\/new-zealand-to-have-worlds-first-smoke-free-military-by-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the story here.<\/a>\u00a0There is still much to be done in New Zealand to achieve the government&#8217;s goal of being smoke-free by 2025.I<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NZ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NZ<\/a> has ambitious target to be <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/smokefree?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#smokefree<\/a> by 2025. Much has been achieved, but much more needs to be done. My op ed: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r4oGxKUO7R\">https:\/\/t.co\/r4oGxKUO7R<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KH0Th4sojZ\">pic.twitter.com\/KH0Th4sojZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Helen Clark (@HelenClarkNZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HelenClarkNZ\/status\/868935571393085441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In Australia, there is strong action being taken by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services to reduce the high smoking prevalence among Indigenous people.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aboriginal Health <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/smoking?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#smoking<\/a> lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ACCHO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ACCHO<\/a> events 31 May <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNTD2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WNTD2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldNoTobaccoDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldNoTobaccoDay<\/a> Video intro Tom Calma <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9mHVtYsEof\">https:\/\/t.co\/9mHVtYsEof<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uoGcN9kb3W\">pic.twitter.com\/uoGcN9kb3W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udda4 (@NACCHOAustralia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NACCHOAustralia\/status\/869712651726626817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><code><\/code><\/p>\n<p>In Indonesia, the National Commission on Tobacco Control is urging the government to sign the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2017\/05\/30\/indonesian-tobacco-watchdog-urges-govt-to-sign-fctc-to-protect-people.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria is a country in the sights of the tobacco industry. Smoke Free Nigeria is saying #NoTobacco.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tobacco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tobacco<\/a> is a threat to our young ones and global economy&#8230;..<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AfricaNoTobacco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AfricaNoTobacco<\/a>&#8230;.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoTobacco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoTobacco<\/a>&#8230;.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KickOutTobacco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KickOutTobacco<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VtXWm28Unl\">pic.twitter.com\/VtXWm28Unl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tobacco Control NG (@TobaccoCtrl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TobaccoCtrl\/status\/869499841784815616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In Austria, a new study released to mark WNTD has found that increasing the price of tobacco by 5%, it will result in a drop in consumption of 3.5%. <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2017-05-price-tobacco-consumption.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the study here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A @MedUni_Vienna study shows that increasing the price of tobacco reduces consumption <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I0QRZtMseQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/I0QRZtMseQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ASH (@AshOrgUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshOrgUK\/status\/869823009770676226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the USA, ASH has released a new report highlighting how the country is falling behind other countries &#8211; and it is the most vulnerable who are paying the price.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshOrg\/status\/869559802283917314<!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page brings together coverage from around the world of World No Tobacco Day. 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