Australia, New Zealand, and the United States governments' further definitive moves toward the goal of ending tobacco use, are to be celebrated on World.
Covid boosts case for quitting
published : 31 May 2021 at 04:30
During the Covid-19 pandemic, strengthening tobacco control laws makes even more sense for Thailand.
While Thailand tackles its third wave of the epidemic, the country has been facing another, even more deadly epidemic of many years standing: tobacco use.
The Covid-19 virus has claimed around 700 lives in Thailand as of mid-May 2021. During the same period, tobacco has killed nearly 80,000, or over 100 times more people.
Every year, May 31st marks World No Tobacco Day. This year s theme is Commit to Quit, aimed at empowering tobacco users to succeed in stopping tobacco use through policy and support.
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