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Summary
IPSF Public Health Edition
Tobacco Awareness Pre-Campaign Newsletter

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IPSF and
Tobacco
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Tobacco Alert
Campaign in
Dear fellow IPSFers,
Singapore
World No Tobacco Day is recognized

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around the world every year on May 31st .
Tobacco Alert It is meant to encourage a 24-hour period
Campaign in of abstinence from all forms of tobacco
Nepal consumption across the globe.

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Hope that you will have a great campaign
Tobacco Alert and don’t forget to share it with us!
Campaign in For more information, please contact us
India via email at publichealth@ipsf.org and
tobacco@ipsf.org.

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Tobacco Alert
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Further
Information &
Useful Links

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IPSF Tobacco
Awareness
Campaign IPSF and
WHO Joint
On the 31st of May each year, the
World Health Organization (WHO) Statement
celebrates World No Tobacco Day.
It is a day that highlights the health on Tobacco
risks associated with tobacco use and
advocates for effective policies to reduce
its consumption. Tobacco use is the
Control
second cause of death globally and is
currently responsible for killing one in
every ten adults worldwide. Apart from our local tobacco
awareness campaigns held
by members around the
world, IPSF also strives

IPSF and World No to be a strong advocate

on the international
Tobacco Day front. Among our various
initiatives, the IPSF and
WHO Joint Statement
on Tobacco Control is an
The Tobacco Alert Campaign has grown to example of how we are
be one of the most popular initiatives of constantly trying to bring
the Federation. Many of these campaigns increased awareness to
target a younger audience (e.g. high school the global community.
students), but there are also others that
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aim to educate IPSF members on how to

effectively communicate public health
messages to different target audiences and
to use new initiatives to develop effective
and informative presentations.

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in Singapore
Key Facts
• Tobacco kills up to half of its
users
• The annual death toll of
more than five million
could rise to more than
eight million by 2030 unless
urgent action is taken to
control the tobacco epidemic.
• More than 80% of the world’s one billion smokers live in low- and middle-
income countries.
• Total consumption of tobacco products is increasing globally, though it is
decreasing in some high-income and upper middle-income countries.
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in Nepal
• Only 5.4% of people
are protected by
comprehensive national
smoke-free laws.
• In 2008, the number of
people protected from
second-hand smoke
increased by 74% to 362
million from 208 million
in 2007.
• Of the 100 most
populous cities, 22 are
smoke free.
• Almost half of all
children regularly
breathe air polluted by
tobacco smoke.
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• Over 40% of children

have at least one
smoking parent.

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Tobacco Alert Campaign

in India
“One of the great regrets of my life is
that I smoked. If I could say anything to
anybody starting out in life it would be,
‘Whatever you do, don’t smoke. I have
had to recover from that and been lucky
that I have been able to stop.”

Bill Nighy, star in the UK on his 30-

year smoking habit
(Daily Telegraph newspaper)

Do you
still want to
sit and do Ideas for campaigns:
nothing? • Ask as many it to smokers and ask him/her to
people you can and put the smoke out there.
start brainstorming as
• Make it one day
a team.
without smoke, give
• Make a street them candy or gum.
campaign, tell
• Tell people about
people about the
the Tobacco Alert
day by showing
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Campaign by making
some campaign
a presentation in a
materials.
workshop or spread
• Make a song to the news by social
remind people to media.
stop smoking and
• Collaborate with the anti-tobacco
sing it on your campaign.
organization or other community
• Take ashtray with water in it, bring organizations in your country.
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Useful links
Further Information
Useful links for organizing Tobacco Alert Campaign:
http://www.who.int/tobacco/resources/publications/en/
http://tobacco.ipsf.org/
http://www.who.int/tobacco/publications/youth/en/index.html
http://www.tobaccobook.com/Tobacco-blog.html
http://www.ecademy.com/node.php?id=159471
http://www.facebook.com/pages/WHO-Tobacco-Free-Initiative/100643340596

Whenever you need more information, do not hesitate to contact Sharon Leung
(Chairperson of Public Health) at publichealth@ipsf.org or Dwi Ruth Kurniasih
(Tobacco Alert Coordinator) at tobacco@ipsf.org
Also, don’t forget to fill in your activity report and share it with us!
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Happy Campaigning!
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