Illustrative image (Photo: AFP) Hanoi (VNA) – Smoking can increase the risk ofCOVID-19 transmission within the community as it weakens lung function andimmune response to infections, an official said.
Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the Health Ministry’s Departmentfor Medical Examination and Treatment, made the warnings at a press conferenceon National No Tobacco Week, from May 25 to 31, and World No Tobacco Day (May31) in Hanoi on May 21.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO),smokers have a higher risk of getting coronavirus because they are constantlyputting their hands to their lips, said Khue, who is also Director of the ministry’sTobacco Control Fund.
The use of smoking devices such as water pipes is alsoamong the causes behind the increase of COVID-19 community infections, headded.
The WHO designates May 31 as the World NoTobacco Day (WNTD). The theme of WNTD 2020 is “Protecting youth from industrymanipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use”.
For decades, the tobacco industry has deliberatelyemployed strategic, aggressive and well-resourced tactics to attract youth totobacco and nicotine products.
Internal industry documents reveal in-depth research and calculated approachesdesigned to attract a new generation of tobacco users, from product design tomarketing campaigns aimed at replacing millions of people who die each yearfrom tobacco-attributable diseases with new consumers – youth.
In response to the tobacco and related industries’systematic, aggressive and sustained tactics to attract a new generation oftobacco users, World No Tobacco Day 2020 will provide a counter-marketingcampaign and empower young people to engage in the fight against Big Tobacco.
The World No Tobacco Day 2020 global campaign willserve to debunk myths and expose manipulation tactics employed by the tobaccoand related industries, particularly marketing tactics targeted at youth,including through the introduction of new and novel products, flavours andother attractive features; equip young people with knowledge about the tobaccoand related industries’ intentions and tactics to hook current and futuregenerations on tobacco and nicotine products; and empower influencers (in popculture, on social media, in the home, or in the classroom) to protect anddefend youth and catalyze change by engaging them in the fight against BigTobacco, according to WHO./.
Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the Health Ministry’s Departmentfor Medical Examination and Treatment, made the warnings at a press conferenceon National No Tobacco Week, from May 25 to 31, and World No Tobacco Day (May31) in Hanoi on May 21.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO),smokers have a higher risk of getting coronavirus because they are constantlyputting their hands to their lips, said Khue, who is also Director of the ministry’sTobacco Control Fund.
The use of smoking devices such as water pipes is alsoamong the causes behind the increase of COVID-19 community infections, headded.
The WHO designates May 31 as the World NoTobacco Day (WNTD). The theme of WNTD 2020 is “Protecting youth from industrymanipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use”.
For decades, the tobacco industry has deliberatelyemployed strategic, aggressive and well-resourced tactics to attract youth totobacco and nicotine products.
Internal industry documents reveal in-depth research and calculated approachesdesigned to attract a new generation of tobacco users, from product design tomarketing campaigns aimed at replacing millions of people who die each yearfrom tobacco-attributable diseases with new consumers – youth.
In response to the tobacco and related industries’systematic, aggressive and sustained tactics to attract a new generation oftobacco users, World No Tobacco Day 2020 will provide a counter-marketingcampaign and empower young people to engage in the fight against Big Tobacco.
The World No Tobacco Day 2020 global campaign willserve to debunk myths and expose manipulation tactics employed by the tobaccoand related industries, particularly marketing tactics targeted at youth,including through the introduction of new and novel products, flavours andother attractive features; equip young people with knowledge about the tobaccoand related industries’ intentions and tactics to hook current and futuregenerations on tobacco and nicotine products; and empower influencers (in popculture, on social media, in the home, or in the classroom) to protect anddefend youth and catalyze change by engaging them in the fight against BigTobacco, according to WHO./.
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