IPSF NEWSLETTERTobacco Awareness Precampaign

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IPSF Public Health EditionTobacco Awareness Pre-Campaign Newsletter

Summary

Dear fellow IPSFers,

World No Tobacco Day is recognized around the world every year on May 31st . It is meant to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption across the globe.

Hope that you will have a great campaign and don’t forget to share it with us!

For more information, please contact us via email at publichealth@ipsf.org and tobacco@ipsf.org.

Yours in IPSF,

Dwi Ruth Kurniasih

Tobacco Coordinator 2010 – 2011

2IPSF and Tobacco awareness

4Tobacco Alert Campaign in Singapore

5Tobacco Alert Campaign in Nepal

6Tobacco Alert Campaign in India

7Tobacco Alert Campaign in Indonesia

8Further Information & Useful Links

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On the 31st of May each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates World No Tobacco Day.

It is a day that highlights the health risks associated with tobacco use and

advocates for effective policies to reduce its consumption. Tobacco use is the

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 to be a strong advocate on the international front. Among our various initiatives, the IPSF and WHO Joint Statement on Tobacco Control is an example of how we are constantly trying to bring increased awareness to the global community.

The Tobacco Alert Campaign has grown to be one of the most popular initiatives of the Federation. Many of these campaigns target a younger audience (e.g. high school students), but there are also others that 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.

IPSF Tobacco Awareness Campaign IPSF and

WHO Joint Statement on Tobacco

Control

IPSF and World No Tobacco Day

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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.

Tobacco Alert Campaign in Singapore

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• 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.

• Over 40% of children have at least one smoking parent.

Tobacco Alert Campaign in Nepal

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Ideas for campaigns:• Ask as many

people you can and start brainstorming as

a team.

•Make a street campaign, tell people about the day by showing some campaign materials.

•Make a song to remind people to stop smoking and sing it on your campaign.

•Take ashtray with water in it, bring

it to smokers and ask him/her to put the smoke out there.

•Make it one day without smoke, give them candy or gum.

• Tell people about the Tobacco Alert Campaign by making a presentation in a workshop or spread the news by social media.

•Collaborate with the anti-tobacco organization or other community organizations in your country.

“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 nothing?

Tobacco Alert Campaign in India

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Tobacco Alert Campaign in Indonesia

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Useful linksFurther 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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