Say no to tobacco

In 1987, the WHO’s World Health Assembly passed Resolution WHA40.38, calling for April 7, 1988 to be “a world no-smoking day”. The objective of the day was to urge tobacco users worldwide to abstain from using tobacco products for 24 hours, an action they hoped would provide assistance for those trying to quit. 

In 1988, a resolution was passed by the World Health Assembly, calling for the celebration of World No Tobacco Day, every year on May 31. Since then, the WHO has supported World No Tobacco Day every year, linking each year to a different tobacco-related theme. 

Each year, the WHO selects a theme for the day in order to create a more unified global message for WNTD. This year WHO is calling countries to get ready for plain (standardised) packaging of tobacco products. 

Groups around the world — from local clubs to city councils to national governments — are encouraged by the WHO to organize events each year to help communities celebrate World No Tobacco Day in their own way at the local level. CBSE schools are going to hold competitions such as poster making, report writing and essay writing on related topics.