world no tobacco day 2023

• World No Tobacco Day is observed every year on 31 May.

• It is celebrated to spread awareness about the dangers of tobacco use.

• The main purpose of the day is to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes.

• The 2023 global campaign aims to provide alternative crop production for tobacco farmers and encourage them to grow sustainable, nutritious crops.

• The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2023 is “We want food, not tobacco.

• In 1987, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to establish World No Tobacco Day.