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WHO / WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY
STORY: WHO / WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY
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SOURCE: WHO
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 30 MAY 2019, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE
FILE – WHO - November 2013, MOLDOVA
1. Wide shot, people smoking
30 MAY 2019, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kerstin Schotte, Medical Officer, Tobacco Free Initiative, Department for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The lung disease that are caused by tobacco are first of all lung cancer, 80 per cent of all lung cancers are caused by tobacco smoking. But we are also talking about other chronic lung diseases such as emphysema, asthma, also TB. TB is an infection that is caused by bacteria and billions of people around the world are infected with this but it is latent TB, and the chance of it becoming active TB is doubled if people smoke tobacco.”
FILE – WHO - November 2013, MOLDOVA
3. Wide shot, people smoking
30 MAY 2019, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kerstin Schotte, Medical Officer, Tobacco Free Initiative, Department for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The scale of the global tobacco epidemic is immense. Eight million people die each year because of tobacco, and this represents 15 per cent of all deaths worldwide. Also another shocking number is out of these 8 million people that die each year because of tobacco, one million people die because of exposure to second hand smoke.”
FILE – WHO - November 2016, INDONESIA
5. Various shots, city and no smoking sign
30 MAY 2019, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kerstin Schotte, Medical Officer, Tobacco Free Initiative, Department for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization (WHO):
“So the good news is that we know exactly what has to be done in order to curb the tobacco epidemic. We have since 2003, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and in this treaty there are a lot of measures that countries can adopt so that less people die of tobacco use, for example creating 100 percent complete smoke free environments everywhere, not having children grow up with bombarded by tobacco advertising every day, informing the public about the dangers of tobacco, for example by printing large graphic health warnings on tobacco packages and then one of the most effective measures is making tobacco products less affordable by increasing the tobacco taxation on products.”
FILE – WHO - November 2016, INDONESIA
7. Various shots, non-smoking signs
30 MAY 2019, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Kerstin Schotte, Medical Officer, Tobacco Free Initiative, Department for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization (WHO):
“What the individual can do in order to curb the tobacco epidemic is first of all of course, don't start using tobacco, tobacco contains nicotine and it's very addictive. If you are already addicted to nicotine try to stop tobacco use, on our website you will find a lot of information and help to quit tobacco and then a shout out to parents out there that use tobacco and smoke, please don't smoke around your children, don't smoke in public places and advocate for all public places to become smoke free.”
FILE – WHO - November 2016, INDONESIA
9. Various shots, non-smoking signs
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that negative impact that tobacco has on people’s lung health ranges from cancer to chronic respiratory disease.
WHO and global partners today (31 May) celebrate the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The annual campaign is an opportunity to raise awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure, and to discourage the use of tobacco in any form.
SOUNDBITE (English) Kerstin Schotte, Medical Officer, Tobacco Free Initiative, Department for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The lung disease that are caused by tobacco are first of all lung cancer, 80 per cent of all lung cancers are caused by tobacco smoking. But we are also talking about other chronic lung diseases such as emphysema, asthma, also TB. TB is an infection that is caused by bacteria and billions of people around the world are infected with this but it is latent TB, and the chance of it becoming active TB is doubled if people smoke tobacco.”
According to WHO, tobacco kills one person every 4 seconds.
SOUNDBITE (English) Kerstin Schotte, Medical Officer, Tobacco Free Initiative, Department for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization (WHO):
“So the good news is that we know exactly what has to be done in order to curb the tobacco epidemic. We have since 2003, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and in this treaty there are a lot of measures that countries can adopt so that less people die of tobacco use, for example creating 100 percent complete smoke free environments everywhere, not having children grow up with bombarded by tobacco advertising every day, informing the public about the dangers of tobacco, for example by printing large graphic health warnings on tobacco packages and then one of the most effective measures is making tobacco products less affordable by increasing the tobacco taxation on products.”
The focus of World No Tobacco Day 2019 is on "tobacco and lung health," the theme of the year is “Don’t Let Tobacco Take Your Breath Away.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Kerstin Schotte, Medical Officer, Tobacco Free Initiative, Department for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization (WHO):
“What the individual can do in order to curb the tobacco epidemic is first of all of course, don't start using tobacco, tobacco contains nicotine and it's very addictive. If you are already addicted to nicotine try to stop tobacco use, on our website you will find a lot of information and help to quit tobacco and then a shout out to parents out there that use tobacco and smoke, please don't smoke around your children, don't smoke in public places and advocate for all public places to become smoke free.”
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