Smoking rates in the Eastern Mediterranean region increased by 42% among youth and 31% among girls
Smoking rates in the Eastern Mediterranean region increased by 42% among youth and 31% among girls
Dr. Jawad Al-Mahjour, Director of the World Health Organization for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, said that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disease in most countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. About 1.4 million people died in the Region in 2015.
"It is estimated that deaths from cardiovascular disease, mostly due to heart disease in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, will increase significantly in the next decade compared to any other region in the world," he said,
He said that large segments of people are unaware that tobacco use is the main cause of cardiovascular disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking to raise public awareness of the relationship between tobacco use, exposure to negative smoking and cardiovascular disease, on the occasion of the International Day of Refraining from Tobacco use.
"Tobacco use has increased among men, women, boys and girls in the Region. Tobacco use in some countries of the Region is 52% among men and 22% among women. Smoking rates among young people are particularly worrisome. Among young people and 31% among girls, including the smoking of shisha which young people accept more than smoking cigarettes
On the World No Tobacco Day of 2018, the World Health Organization is taking a number of steps, including:
First, it encourages cardiologists and specialists in this field to carry out their responsibilities and educate the public, and to take the lead in reducing tobacco use, thus containing the epidemic of cardiovascular diseases at the national and regional levels.
Second: Encourage the public as a whole to make vigorous efforts to reduce the risk of heart disease by stopping tobacco use and avoiding exposure to negative smoking.
Third: Encourage governments to take all possible measures to combat tobacco use and raise public awareness about the relationship between tobacco use and heart disease.
Finally, countries and civil society organizations should be encouraged to strengthen the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases by intensifying their actions related to the six policy measures in line with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and thereby reducing the demand for tobacco. The six policy measures are: monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies; protecting people from tobacco smoke; offering assistance to quit tobacco use; warning against tobacco dangers; enforcing the ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship; and increasing tobacco taxes.
"Tobacco in all its forms contains dangerous chemicals," he said.
"The only effective strategy for maintaining cardiovascular safety is to stop tobacco use, avoid smoking and avoid smoking," he said. Shisha, smoke-free tobacco and electronic cigarettes cause serious health risks such as heart attacks and strokes, high blood pressure, heart failure, irregular heartbeat, and other heart and blood vessel diseases. Passive smoking also causes acute and chronic heart and vascular diseases. Negative smoking leads to sudden death in infants. Pregnant women also lose their children's weight at birth, as well as congenital heart defects in the fetus.
On May 31, WHO and its partners celebrate the World No Tobacco Day, highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, advocating for effective consumption reduction policies, and focusing on the World No Tobacco Day this year On the theme "Tobacco and heart disease", and this year's campaign raises the slogan "Tobacco destroys the heart, choose your health and not tobacco."
Tobacco use is one of the leading causes of premature death and disability around the world and is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease.Smoking rates in the Eastern Mediterranean region increased by 42% among youth and 31% among girls
Dr. Jawad Al-Mahjour, Director of the World Health Organization for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, said that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disease in most countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. About 1.4 million people died in the Region in 2015.
"It is estimated that deaths from cardiovascular disease, mostly due to heart disease in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, will increase significantly in the next decade compared to any other region in the world," he said,
He said that large segments of people are unaware that tobacco use is the main cause of cardiovascular disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking to raise public awareness of the relationship between tobacco use, exposure to negative smoking and cardiovascular disease, on the occasion of the International Day of Refraining from Tobacco use.
"Tobacco use has increased among men, women, boys and girls in the Region. Tobacco use in some countries of the Region is 52% among men and 22% among women. Smoking rates among young people are particularly worrisome. Among young people and 31% among girls, including the smoking of shisha which young people accept more than smoking cigarettes
On the World No Tobacco Day of 2018, the World Health Organization is taking a number of steps, including:
First, it encourages cardiologists and specialists in this field to carry out their responsibilities and educate the public, and to take the lead in reducing tobacco use, thus containing the epidemic of cardiovascular diseases at the national and regional levels.
Second: Encourage the public as a whole to make vigorous efforts to reduce the risk of heart disease by stopping tobacco use and avoiding exposure to negative smoking.
Third: Encourage governments to take all possible measures to combat tobacco use and raise public awareness about the relationship between tobacco use and heart disease.
Finally, countries and civil society organizations should be encouraged to strengthen the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases by intensifying their actions related to the six policy measures in line with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and thereby reducing the demand for tobacco. The six policy measures are: monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies; protecting people from tobacco smoke; offering assistance to quit tobacco use; warning against tobacco dangers; enforcing the ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship; and increasing tobacco taxes.
"Tobacco in all its forms contains dangerous chemicals," he said.
"The only effective strategy for maintaining cardiovascular safety is to stop tobacco use, avoid smoking and avoid smoking," he said. Shisha, smoke-free tobacco and electronic cigarettes cause serious health risks such as heart attacks and strokes, high blood pressure, heart failure, irregular heartbeat, and other heart and blood vessel diseases. Passive smoking also causes acute and chronic heart and vascular diseases. Negative smoking leads to sudden death in infants. Pregnant women also lose their children's weight at birth, as well as congenital heart defects in the fetus.
On May 31, WHO and its partners celebrate the World No Tobacco Day, highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, advocating for effective consumption reduction policies, and focusing on the World No Tobacco Day this year On the theme "Tobacco and heart disease", and this year's campaign raises the slogan "Tobacco destroys the heart, choose your health and not tobacco."
Tobacco use is one of the leading causes of premature death and disability around the world and is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease.Smoking rates in the Eastern Mediterranean region increased by 42% among youth and 31% among girls
Dr. Jawad Al-Mahjour, Director of the World Health Organization for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, said that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disease in most countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. About 1.4 million people died in the Region in 2015.
"It is estimated that deaths from cardiovascular disease, mostly due to heart disease in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, will increase significantly in the next decade compared to any other region in the world," he said,
He said that large segments of people are unaware that tobacco use is the main cause of cardiovascular disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking to raise public awareness of the relationship between tobacco use, exposure to negative smoking and cardiovascular disease, on the occasion of the International Day of Refraining from Tobacco use.
"Tobacco use has increased among men, women, boys and girls in the Region. Tobacco use in some countries of the Region is 52% among men and 22% among women. Smoking rates among young people are particularly worrisome. Among young people and 31% among girls, including the smoking of shisha which young people accept more than smoking cigarettes
On the World No Tobacco Day of 2018, the World Health Organization is taking a number of steps, including:
First, it encourages cardiologists and specialists in this field to carry out their responsibilities and educate the public, and to take the lead in reducing tobacco use, thus containing the epidemic of cardiovascular diseases at the national and regional levels.
Second: Encourage the public as a whole to make vigorous efforts to reduce the risk of heart disease by stopping tobacco use and avoiding exposure to negative smoking.
Third: Encourage governments to take all possible measures to combat tobacco use and raise public awareness about the relationship between tobacco use and heart disease.
Finally, countries and civil society organizations should be encouraged to strengthen the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases by intensifying their actions related to the six policy measures in line with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and thereby reducing the demand for tobacco. The six policy measures are: monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies; protecting people from tobacco smoke; offering assistance to quit tobacco use; warning against tobacco dangers; enforcing the ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship; and increasing tobacco taxes.
"Tobacco in all its forms contains dangerous chemicals," he said.
"The only effective strategy for maintaining cardiovascular safety is to stop tobacco use, avoid smoking and avoid smoking," he said. Shisha, smoke-free tobacco and electronic cigarettes cause serious health risks such as heart attacks and strokes, high blood pressure, heart failure, irregular heartbeat, and other heart and blood vessel diseases. Passive smoking also causes acute and chronic heart and vascular diseases. Negative smoking leads to sudden death in infants. Pregnant women also lose their children's weight at birth, as well as congenital heart defects in the fetus.
On May 31, WHO and its partners celebrate the World No Tobacco Day, highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, advocating for effective consumption reduction policies, and focusing on the World No Tobacco Day this year On the theme "Tobacco and heart disease", and this year's campaign raises the slogan "Tobacco destroys the heart, choose your health and not tobacco."
Tobacco use is one of the leading causes of premature death and disability around the world and is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease.Smoking rates in the Eastern Mediterranean region increased by 42% among youth and 31% among girls
Dr. Jawad Al-Mahjour, Director of the World Health Organization for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, said that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disease in most countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. About 1.4 million people died in the Region in 2015.
"It is estimated that deaths from cardiovascular disease, mostly due to heart disease in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, will increase significantly in the next decade compared to any other region in the world," he said,
He said that large segments of people are unaware that tobacco use is the main cause of cardiovascular disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking to raise public awareness of the relationship between tobacco use, exposure to negative smoking and cardiovascular disease, on the occasion of the International Day of Refraining from Tobacco use.
"Tobacco use has increased among men, women, boys and girls in the Region. Tobacco use in some countries of the Region is 52% among men and 22% among women. Smoking rates among young people are particularly worrisome. Among young people and 31% among girls, including the smoking of shisha which young people accept more than smoking cigarettes
On the World No Tobacco Day of 2018, the World Health Organization is taking a number of steps, including:
First, it encourages cardiologists and specialists in this field to carry out their responsibilities and educate the public, and to take the lead in reducing tobacco use, thus containing the epidemic of cardiovascular diseases at the national and regional levels.
Second: Encourage the public as a whole to make vigorous efforts to reduce the risk of heart disease by stopping tobacco use and avoiding exposure to negative smoking.
Third: Encourage governments to take all possible measures to combat tobacco use and raise public awareness about the relationship between tobacco use and heart disease.
Finally, countries and civil society organizations should be encouraged to strengthen the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases by intensifying their actions related to the six policy measures in line with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and thereby reducing the demand for tobacco. The six policy measures are: monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies; protecting people from tobacco smoke; offering assistance to quit tobacco use; warning against tobacco dangers; enforcing the ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship; and increasing tobacco taxes.
"Tobacco in all its forms contains dangerous chemicals," he said.
"The only effective strategy for maintaining cardiovascular safety is to stop tobacco use, avoid smoking and avoid smoking," he said. Shisha, smoke-free tobacco and electronic cigarettes cause serious health risks such as heart attacks and strokes, high blood pressure, heart failure, irregular heartbeat, and other heart and blood vessel diseases. Passive smoking also causes acute and chronic heart and vascular diseases. Negative smoking leads to sudden death in infants. Pregnant women also lose their children's weight at birth, as well as congenital heart defects in the fetus.
On May 31, WHO and its partners celebrate the World No Tobacco Day, highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, advocating for effective consumption reduction policies, and focusing on the World No Tobacco Day this year On the theme "Tobacco and heart disease", and this year's campaign raises the slogan "Tobacco destroys the heart, choose your health and not tobacco."
Tobacco use is one of the leading causes of premature death and disability around the world and is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease.Smoking rates in the Eastern Mediterranean region increased by 42% among youth and 31% among girls
Dr. Jawad Al-Mahjour, Director of the World Health Organization for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, said that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disease in most countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. About 1.4 million people died in the Region in 2015.
"It is estimated that deaths from cardiovascular disease, mostly due to heart disease in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, will increase significantly in the next decade compared to any other region in the world," he said,
He said that large segments of people are unaware that tobacco use is the main cause of cardiovascular disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking to raise public awareness of the relationship between tobacco use, exposure to negative smoking and cardiovascular disease, on the occasion of the International Day of Refraining from Tobacco use.
"Tobacco use has increased among men, women, boys and girls in the Region. Tobacco use in some countries of the Region is 52% among men and 22% among women. Smoking rates among young people are particularly worrisome. Among young people and 31% among girls, including the smoking of shisha which young people accept more than smoking cigarettes
On the World No Tobacco Day of 2018, the World Health Organization is taking a number of steps, including:
First, it encourages cardiologists and specialists in this field to carry out their responsibilities and educate the public, and to take the lead in reducing tobacco use, thus containing the epidemic of cardiovascular diseases at the national and regional levels.
Second: Encourage the public as a whole to make vigorous efforts to reduce the risk of heart disease by stopping tobacco use and avoiding exposure to negative smoking.
Third: Encourage governments to take all possible measures to combat tobacco use and raise public awareness about the relationship between tobacco use and heart disease.
Finally, countries and civil society organizations should be encouraged to strengthen the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases by intensifying their actions related to the six policy measures in line with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and thereby reducing the demand for tobacco. The six policy measures are: monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies; protecting people from tobacco smoke; offering assistance to quit tobacco use; warning against tobacco dangers; enforcing the ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship; and increasing tobacco taxes.
"Tobacco in all its forms contains dangerous chemicals," he said.
"The only effective strategy for maintaining cardiovascular safety is to stop tobacco use, avoid smoking and avoid smoking," he said. Shisha, smoke-free tobacco and electronic cigarettes cause serious health risks such as heart attacks and strokes, high blood pressure, heart failure, irregular heartbeat, and other heart and blood vessel diseases. Passive smoking also causes acute and chronic heart and vascular diseases. Negative smoking leads to sudden death in infants. Pregnant women also lose their children's weight at birth, as well as congenital heart defects in the fetus.
On May 31, WHO and its partners celebrate the World No Tobacco Day, highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, advocating for effective consumption reduction policies, and focusing on the World No Tobacco Day this year On the theme "Tobacco and heart disease", and this year's campaign raises the slogan "Tobacco destroys the heart, choose your health and not tobacco."
Tobacco use is one of the leading causes of premature death and disability around the world and is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease.