Campaign videos
World No Tobacco Day 2019: Don't let tobacco take your breath away
Video statements
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General
on theme of World No Tobacco Day 2019
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia
on the link between tobacco and TB
Dr Takeshi Kasai, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific
on the harms of second-hand smoke exposure
Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean
on the dangers of waterpipe smoking
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa
on the importance of tobacco use cessation
Dr Isabella Danel, WHO Deputy Regional Director for the Americas
on the dangers of newer tobacco products
Michael Bloomberg, WHO Global Ambassador for NCDs and Injuries, Founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies
on the importance of tobacco control
Dr Tereza Kasaeva, WHO Director of the Global Tuberculosis (TB) Programme
on smoking as a key determinant of TB
Dr Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, Head of Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)
on the importance of raising awareness
Catalin Iacobescu, WHO staff member and former smoker
on the promising benefits of quitting tobacco
HRH Princess Dina Mired, President for Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
on the links of tobacco use to cancer
Jean Paul Adam, Minister of Health, Seychelles
on the importance of smoke-free environments
Prof. Solange Peters, Lausanne University, Switzerland, ESMO President-Elect
on the relationship between tobacco use and lung cancer
Prof. Jorgen Vestbo, ERS Advocacy Council
on the importance of smoking cessation