World No Tobacco Day, which WHO began in 1989, is held annually on May 31. In this year's events, smokers in Singapore were given candies when they tried to buy cigarettes in the Cold Storage supermarket chain. A record 515 shops, nightclubs and pubs in the wealthy Southeast Asian city-state refused to sell tobacco products on Thursday, up from 284 last year. About 15 percent of Singapore's 4 million people smoke cigarettes. The Polish parliament received a WHO award for its anti-smoking legislation, which banned tobacco advertising in November 1999.
Secondhand smoke kills.
In Cuba, the Juventud Rebelde newspaper dedicated an entire page to the problem of secondhand smoke. It pursues us. At home, at work, in public places there is always one smoker, peacefully inhaling his addictive nicotine, and sharing it of course. A short analysis accompanying the story reminded readers that the country has laws aimed at protecting nonsmokers from the dangers of secondhand smoke on public transportation.