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MANILA, Philippines – May 31 is World No Tobacco Day!
On this day in 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) passed a resolution that marks every May 31 as a day of raising awareness on the issue of tobacco use.
This awareness highlights the health risks related with tobacco use and advocates effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption.
WHO claims that tobacco kills nearly 6 million people each year. In the Philippines, 23% of Filipino adults smoke, and 240 individuals die every day from tobacco-related diseases as of 2011, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
Take the quiz below to find out more information about tobacco, its effects on our health, and policies against its use.
– research by Abigail Abigan and Kim Sy/Rappler.com
SOURCES: cancer.org, lung.org, waytoquit.org, mmda.gov.ph, mayoclinic.org, various news websites
Abigail Abigan and Kim Sy are Rappler interns.
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