World No Tobacco Day

• World No Tobacco Day is observed every year to spread awareness about the potential dangers of tobacco.

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

• The World Health Assembly initiated World No Tobacco Day by passing a resolution in 1987.

• The theme of this year's World No Tobacco Day is "Protecting children from the interference of the tobacco industry."