Origin of World No Tobacco Day: Columbus first came into contact with tobacco in America on149265438+1October 1 1, and then it was introduced to Europe and gradually spread all over the world. For hundreds of years, people have different views and debates on smoking and health. In the early days when people smoked grass, some people said that smoking could prevent plague. 1665 During the Great Plague in London, smoking was used as an epidemic prevention measure. During the cholera epidemic in Hamburg, none of the workers in the tobacco factory in the city got sick. However, on the other hand, the power against smoking is also very strong. As early as 1602, the death of the Archbishop of London shocked the world, because he was a heavy smoker, and people thought he died of smoking. So King James I of England launched a campaign to ban smoking and personally wrote a proclamation of "strongly protesting tobacco". Subsequently, many countries in the world promulgated laws and regulations prohibiting the cultivation, sale and smoking of pasture. 1639, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty in China also banned smoking, and offenders were punished by flogging. However, for hundreds of years, both sides of the debate have lacked rigorous science. So, go ahead, listen, ban and smoke. Academically speaking, it was Somnering in Germany from 65438 to 0795 who first put forward the paper that smoking is harmful to health. He thinks that people who smoke pipes are prone to lip tumors. Modern smoking and health problems can be traced back to 1900. Some epidemiologists have found that the number of lung cancer patients is increasing year by year according to the investigation of human epidemics. Therefore, people pay attention to the relationship between smoking and health. However, the worldwide attention should be attributed to the report "Smoking and Health" published by the British Royal Medical Association 1950 and the American Medical Service Department 1964, which summarized the epidemiological research, tobacco consumption trend, tobacco chemical composition and its carcinogenicity, and the influence of smoking on experimental animals. According to the pathological mechanism of smoking on people and animals, it is clearly pointed out that smoking is harmful to human health, especially closely related to lung cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, the World Congress on Smoking and Health was first held in new york in 1967. 1980, the World Health Organization put forward the slogan "Choose smoking or health" and designated this year as the "year of no smoking". 1987 The General Assembly of the United Nations World Health Organization made a resolution to designate April 7th, the 40th anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization 1988 as the first "World No Tobacco Day". Starting from 1989, the "World No Tobacco Day" is set on the day before International Children's Day, that is, May 3 1 day. 1996, the 49th World Health Assembly was held in Geneva, and the first comprehensive report on world smoking, Beware of Tobacco, was published. The report pointed out: "Cigarettes kill one person every 10, and it is estimated that 3 million people worldwide die from smoking every year. If the current growth rate of tobacco consumption is maintained, by 20 10, the number of deaths per year may reach 10 million, and 70% of the victims are in developing countries. " The General Assembly adopted a series of resolutions, demanding that all countries implement the "overall smoking ban plan": gradually ban cigarette advertisements; Increase tobacco tax; Strengthen the protection of non-smokers in public places; Reduce the influence of passive smoking on children and so on. 1997, the 10 world anti-smoking conference was held in Beijing. At present, it has become common sense that smoking is harmful to health. I believe that with the passage of time, tobacco will be farther and farther away from people. Tobacco has prevailed in the world for more than 200 years, and it was not until the 20th century that human beings began to realize the harm of tobacco to human beings. In June 1987, June 165438+ 10, the United Nations World Health Organization suggested that April 7th of each year be designated as "World No Tobacco Day", which was implemented in June 1988. However, since April 7th is the anniversary of the establishment of the World Health Organization, on this day every year, the World Health Organization will put forward a theme health care requirement. In order not to interfere with the presentation of its health theme, the World Health Organization decided to designate May 3rd1every year as World No Tobacco Day from 1989, and China also designated this day as China No Tobacco Day. The purpose of No Tobacco Day is to remind the whole world that smoking is harmful to health, to call on smokers all over the world to quit smoking voluntarily, and to call on all tobacco producers and sellers and the whole international community to act together and join the anti-smoking campaign created for mankind. Secondhand smoke, also known as environmental cigarette smoke, is a mixture of smoke exhaled by smokers and smoke emitted when cigarettes burn, and is one of the important indoor pollutants. The main harm of second-hand smoke is to cause passive smoking of non-smokers. The information accumulated by the scientific community for many years proves that passive smoking at any dose level is harmful. For children, passive smoking can cause respiratory symptoms and diseases, such as cough, expectoration, asthma and dyspnea, and affect normal growth and development. For pregnant women, passive smoking can lead to stillbirth, abortion and low birth weight, and even lead to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Passive smoking also increases the risk of respiratory diseases, lung cancer and cardiovascular diseases in adults. According to the estimate of the World Health Organization, by 2020, the number of smokers in the world will increase from the current 65.438+0.2 billion to 65.438+0.6 billion, and the number of people who die from smoking will increase from the current 4 million to 6.5438+0.00 million. Smoking will become the biggest killer of mankind. In addition, due to the aggressive marketing activities of the international tobacco industry, the tobacco consumption of teenagers is increasing. If the current trend is allowed to continue, 250 million children will die of tobacco-related diseases in the future. In addition, half of the children in the world, that is, 700 million people are passive smokers, and their health will be damaged to some extent. Some medical experts pointed out that to fundamentally solve the smoking problem, it is not enough just to strengthen smoking ban measures and vigorously publicize the harm of smoking. The most important thing is to help those who are already addicted to smoking quit, so that tobacco will lose its long-term foundation.