WORLD NO TOBACCO
DAY 2014
By BRIAN KAJENGO
The Mpumalanga Department of
Health led by MEC for Health and Social Development, Ms KC Mashego-Dlamini will
on Monday 05 May 2014 observe the World No Tobacco Day and also brings health
services to the community services like Eye Care, Wheelchairs and screening of chronic
diseases.
The World Health Organization
(WHO) created the World no Tobacco day in 1987.The world No tobacco is observed
around the world every year on May 31. It is intended to encourage a 24-hour
period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption across the globe.
The day is further intended
to draw the global attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and to
negative health effects, which currently lead to 5, 4 million deaths worldwide
annually.
The event will take place at
Shabalala Sports.
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