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	WHO > Programmes and projects > Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) > Communications and media > Events > Previous World No Tobacco Days > World No Tobacco Day 2007

World No Tobacco Day 2007

Theme: SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

New: activities around the world

:: Celebrations 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