Today marks World No Tobacco Day, with the World Health Organization (WHO) announcing this year's theme as "Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction". The theme highlights the WHO's efforts to expose how the tobacco and nicotine industry continues to reinvent and repackage its products to hook a new generation, particularly children.
The World No Tobacco Day campaign in Thailand is also gaining momentum. Earlier this week, an anti-smoking group called "NoNoGang" -- an alliance of university dental students nationwide -- submitted a petition to Public Health Minister Pattana Promphat, asking the ministry to pass legislation that will ban future generations from ever purchasing nicotine products.
