1987+065438+ 10, the World Health Organization (WHO) proposed at the 6th International Conference on Smoking and Health held in Tokyo, Japan, that April 7th every year be designated as World No Tobacco Day, and it will be implemented from June 1988.

However, since 1989, World No Tobacco Day has been changed to May 3 1 day every year, because the second day is International Children's Day, and it is hoped that the next generation will not be harmed by tobacco. Tobacco dependence is a chronic disease, and tobacco harm is one of the most serious public health problems in the world. Smoking and secondhand smoke seriously endanger human health.

The history of tobacco:

Although the use of tobacco has a long history, it was not known to the world before 1492. With the rise of 1492, the sailors returned to east indies with tobacco, and then tobacco gradually became the most popular addiction in the world, which was known to the world.

1492 65438+1October 12, the famous Italian explorer Columbus led a fleet to east indies, where they found that the local indigenous Indians used a long-tube tool to suck an unknown dry leaf, put the other end in their mouths, and then exhaled smoke from their mouths or noses.

Tobacco was quickly brought back to Europe by the crew and spread to the bottom of society and pubs next to various ports. With the increasing demand, this business opportunity was quickly noticed by people, and since then, there have been another batch of goods on European merchant ships.

1575, the Spanish started to run the tobacco business. In addition to Europe, they also sold tobacco in the Philippine colonies in Asia, and soon tobacco became a very profitable commodity in this region.

1578, during the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty in China, tobacco was introduced to China from the Philippines through the operation between sailors and businessmen in Fujian. The Ming Dynasty called the Philippines "Lu", so tobacco was called "Lu" or "Tampa".