World No Tobacco day is celebrated around the world every year on May 31.

The Member States of the World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes.

History

• In 1987, the World Health Assembly passed Resolution WHA40.38, calling for 7 April 1988 to be a "a world no-smoking day."
• In 1988, Resolution WHA42.19 was passed, calling for the celebration of World No Tobacco Day, every year on 31 May.

Links

• World No Tobacco Day Web site (http://www.wntd.com/about_index.cfm)
• World Health Organization World No Tobacco Days (http://www.who.int/tobacco/communications/events/wntd/en/)