World No Tobacco Day 2007
Theme: SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS
New: activities around the world
Tobacco is the second major cause of death in the world. It is well known that half the people who smoke regularly today – about 650 million people – will eventually be killed by tobacco. Equally alarming is the fact that hundreds of thousands of people who have never smoked die each year from diseases caused by breathing second-hand tobacco smoke.
- Introduction: rigorous research leaves no doubt
- 100% smoke-free is the only answer
- Call for action
- Dismantling tobacco industry myths: be prepared with answers
How you can participate
Other links
- Press release - 29 May 2007
- Fact file - Tobacco and second-hand smoke
- Q&A on smoke-free environments
- Communications and Media page
- Previous World No Tobacco Days