World No Tobacco Day 2006
Tobacco: Deadly in any form or disguise
List of World No Tobacco Day 2006 awardees
Tobacco addiction is a global epidemic that is increasingly ravaging countries and regions that can least afford its toll of disability, disease, lost productivity and death. The tobacco industry continues to put profits before life; its own expansion before the health of future generations; its own economic gain ahead of the sustainable development of struggling countries.
Nowadays, tobacco companies continue to expand with new variants of the "light", "mild" and "low tar" cigarette campaigns so popular in the 20th century. Nowadays, they reassure health concerned smokers by offering with their new products the illusion of safety. They continue to take their old and new customers to more insidious levels of deception by promoting and selling new products disguised under healthier names, fruity flavours or more attractive-looking packaging.
Objective
The purpose of World No Tobacco Day 2006 is to encourage countries and governments to work towards strict regulation of tobacco products. We will do this by raising awareness about the existence of the wide variety of deadly tobacco products. Regulation should also help people get accurate information, remove the disguise and unveil the truth behind tobacco products – traditional, new, and future.
JOIN PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD ON THE CELEBRATION OF WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2006. START RAISING AWARENESS NOW ABOUT TOBACCO: DEADLY IN ANY FORM OR DISGUISE
News release
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Statement from Assistant Director-General
More information
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Full rationale
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Check WNTD activities around the world
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Global launch
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Materials
How you can participate
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Register your WNTD event for inclusion on our web site
WNTD 2006 in the regions
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World No Tobacco Day in the Region of the Americas
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World No Tobacco Day in the European Regional Office
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World No Tobacco Day in the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office [in English]
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World No Tobacco Day in the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office [in Arabic]
Other links
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Previous World No Tobacco Days
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Communications and Media page
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