World No Tobacco Day

The World Heart Federation supports World No Tobacco Day, organized on 31 May by the World Health Organization.  The 2010 theme was "Gender and tobacco with an emphasis on marketing to women".

To mark World No Tobacco Day, the World Heart Federation urges all women to avoid secondhand smoke and take action to support the comprehensive smoking bans that protect them from the dangers of tobacco. The World Heart Federation also urges policymakers to ensure that tobacco control policy offers equal protection to men and women.

Read the complete press release >

Case studies - Global Perspectives on Women and Second Hand Smoke >

Learn more about World No Tobacco Day on the WHO website >

Information on World No Tobacco Day 2011 will soon be available on our page on Tobacco control >