Join the smoke-free movement with these resources for World No Tobacco Day
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Take a look at this content on smoking habits, the harm smoking can cause to your health and ways to stop smoking.
According to one of the most recent reports from the World Health Organization (WHO), there are more than a billion smokers on the planet, 80% of whom come from developing countries.
Here are some resources that map and plot smoker profiles around the world.
Source: American Cancer Society
An interactive report with information about each and every aspect of the international tobacco industry. It also highlights the environmental consequences and the financial losses experienced by small farms.
Source: Statista
More than four hundred smokers from Spain answered this question from the Global Consumer Survey conducted by Statista. According to the study, 60% of smokers admit to smoking more than six cigarettes a day, and half of them between 11 and 20 cigarettes per day.
Source: Statista
A dossier containing information about the consumption and sale of tobacco around the world. Here you can find infographics and graphs about production in the tobacco industry and the e-cigarette market.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
A report on tobacco consumption between 2000 and 2015 and predictions for the next 6 years. It looks at national and regional trends as well as socio-demographic data.
Lung diseases caused by tobacco
The harmful effects of tobacco have serious consequences on our health and is in fact considered to be the most common cause of preventable death. The issues caused by tobacco not only affect smokers, but also the people around them who become passive smokers: according to WHO, 8 million people die each year from smoking, and 890,000 people die from second-hand smoke inhalation.
Some 40% of these deaths are caused by lung diseases such as cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and tuberculosis. This year’s campaign for World No Tobacco Day has focused specifically on this point.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO’s 2019 campaign on tobacco and lung health with the slogan “don’t let tobacco take your breath away”. The organization is calling all countries to take measures to protect their populations.
Source: The Forum of International Respiratory Societies
This report gives an overview of respiratory diseases and the importance of trying to prevent their onset. Tobacco is one of the main causes of such diseases alongside burning fuels and air pollution.
Source: Dynamed Plus
This collection offers up-to-date information based on professionals’ experience with the physical consequences of smoking and the available treatment.
Source: Nature
Some recent articles from one of the most prestigious scientific academic journals.
Ways to stop smoking
Efforts are being made around the world to combat the “smoking pandemic” and in fact, one of the targets of Agenda 2030’s Sustainable Development Goal 3, on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages, is focused on the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in all countries.
Steps to help control tobacco consumption have been coming into place over the last ten years, including alternatives to smoking.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Important information and facts about the application of the MPOWER policy package to reduce the demand for tobacco, which supports the WHO FCTC. Almost two thirds of the world’s population have successfully quit smoking this way.
Source: Vlex
This law on health measures to combat smoking and regulating the sale, provision, consumption and advertising of tobacco products, was passed on 26 December 2005. Its aim is to reduce the smoking population’s exposure to cigarettes and reduce their levels of consumption.
Source: European Parliament
This directive establishes the regulations surrounding the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products. This includes the duty to display warnings on all packaging and regulate the advertising of said products.
Source: Academic Video Online (AVON)
A 60 Minutes documentary about how cigarette companies market smokeless products in order to retain their customers. Lesley Stahl looks into the pros and cons of this market.
New year’s resolution: quit smoking
Just 20 minutes after putting out a cigarette, your heart rate and blood pressure drop. In the long term, the risk of developing lung cancer reduces by 50% compared to smokers. This is the data illustrated by an infographic produced using data from WHO.
In order to avoid serious health problems, it is wise to stop smoking as soon as possible. We have compiled a series of guides that could help you to take this step for good. Our list includes content that is also related to new technologies.
Source: Addictive Behaviors
The study looks at the creation and carrying out of a survey in order to identify which factors make it harder to stop smoking and which make it easier.
Source: UOC News
The Tobacco Control Unit of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) will analyze the efficacy of the treatment of smoking in survivors of cancer through the use of social networks, web platforms and instant messaging.
Source: Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare
An infographic entitled Decídete a dejar de fumar (Decide to stop smoking) that highlights the considerations you should be taking once you decide to stop smoking, as well as other recommendations.
Source: The UOC’s institutional repository, O2
A final bachelor’s degree project that looks at whether using smartphones and apps that help you break your smoking habit could be effective for helping people quit.
