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BEIJING, 30 May 2012 The World Health Organization (WHO)commemorates World No Tobacco Day on 31 May each year. This yearmarks a milestone in history, as the Ministry of Health releasedChina's first official publication on the harms of smoking. Thisreport should be seen in the context of the country's 12th FiveYear Plan endorsed last year by the National People s Congress,which calls for smoke-free public places as part of the majornational goal to increase life expectancy. Tobacco use is one of the leading preventable causes of death, inthe world and in China. It kills nearly 6 million people worldwideeach year, of which more than 600,000 die from second-hand smokeexposure. Every year in China, about 1 million people die from atobacco-related heart attack, stroke, cancer, lung ailment or otherdisease. "The theme of this year s World No Tobacco Day is tobaccoindustry interference," says Dr Michael O'Leary, WHORepresentative in China. "So far, 173 nations including Chinahave pledged to work together to implement the WHO FrameworkConvention on Tobacco Control. However, these tobacco controlefforts are systematically opposed by the tobacco industry. We mustfight back." China has signed the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control(WHO FCTC) and ratified it in 2005. Worldwide the WHO FCTC is themost important tool for parties in the fight against the tobaccoepidemic. In observance of World No Tobacco Day on 31 May, WHO calls ongovernments and stakeholders worldwide to use the authority of theWHO FCTC to prevent interference on the part of the tobaccoindustry. Laws for a 100% ban on indoor smoking, restrictions onadvertising, promotion and sponsorship, bans on sale to minors,graphic health warnings, and higher taxes for tobacco products willsave lives and result in billions of dollars in savings bypreventing disease, lost productivity, and death from tobacco use. "Now is the time for action, to prevent young people fromstarting to smoke, to help smokers to quit, and to resist thestrategies of the tobacco industry to undermine the efforts of theGovernment and people of China to achieve healthier lives, free oftobacco." Dr O'Leary says. I am an expert from embroidered-baseballcaps.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Army Baseball Cap Manufacturer , Mens Baseball Caps, Cotton Baseball Caps,and more.
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