International No Smoking Day

Every year, the third Thursday of November is celebrated as International No Smoking Day, established in 1977 by the American Cancer Society. The purpose of the holiday is to attract the attention of every person on the planet to the problems of smoking. Reducing tobacco addiction in the world. Prevention and dissemination of information about the terrifying consequences of the blue smoke so beloved by many people. WHO statistics dictate scary figures. Every year, addiction causes the death of 6 million people on the planet, and about 12% are passive smokers. In Russia, more than 1 million people die annually from diseases caused by smoking. This figure is much higher than the fatal statistics for road accidents or heroin. 50% of the adult male population of Russia are smokers, and every tenth woman keeps cigarettes in her bag. Fighting nicotine addiction is very difficult. Avid smokers are practically unaffected by the measures taken by the state to prevent the mass death of the planet's inhabitants. Rising prices for tobacco products, a ban on smoking in some places, propaganda, images of warning consequences on packs, a ban on advertising and programs where a smoking cigarette is filmed. All these attempts at the moment do not save the situation in the country. In Russia, 300 billion cigarettes are bought annually, about 103 packs for every Russian, including children. However, the fight against smoking continues to gain momentum. And International No Smoking Day is celebrated every year by more and more people on the planet. On this day, doctors all over the world hold preventive conversations dedicated to the serious consequences of an addiction. A healthy lifestyle is widely promoted. Various sporting events are held. The media are actively taking the side of the health of nations and filling the airwaves with programs devoted to an international problem. Actions and rallies are taking place everywhere, where activists hand out leaflets to every passer-by telling them about the need to stop this bad habit. For those who decide to quit smoking, in almost every city there is a clinic where a person will be helped to overcome the nicotine threshold. The main thing is that there is a desire. Take it and decide to quit smoking. Today. Now. Forever.