The Republican anti-tobacco information and educational campaign is taking place in Belarus with 13 by 19 November 2023 of the year.

Stock, which aims to increase public awareness of the harmful effects of tobacco consumption, dedicated to World No Smoking Day, which is celebrated annually every third Thursday of November.

Tobacco smoking is a dangerous addiction, which provokes the formation of numerous diseases, including fatal ones, таких как онкология. Абсолютно все формы употребления табака – фактор развития рака. In particular, the connection between smoking and 18 forms of cancer in humans. There is a struggle for defeat and survival.

Other forms of smoking (electronic nicotine delivery systems) have similar carcinogenic components in smoke, but these substances have a finer structure and penetrate deeper through the respiratory system, reaching the lower lobes of the lungs. Unfortunately, the cancer process in this area develops mainly asymptomatically and is detected only in the later stages.

The fight against smoking is a necessary condition for improving public health. Smokers lose about 18 years of potential life, this is a huge social loss for our society. After all, health is the main value in a person’s life.

Nowadays, tobacco prevention should become a priority for society. This requires the combined efforts of the state, medical organizations, educational institutions and citizens.

The World Health Organization is actively fighting tobacco use worldwide. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control entered into force in February 2005 of the year. It has since become one of the most widely accepted treaties in the history of the United Nations.. Prices for tobacco products rise regularly. Today we will no longer see Marlboro “heroes”, riding horses, after all, with 2015 advertising of umbrella brands of alcohol and tobacco manufacturers was banned in Belarus.

FROM 2016 year, requirements for the design of packaging of tobacco products have been tightened. Lettering and images, warnings about the dangers of smoking, became bigger.

FROM 24 January 2019 of the year, Decree No. 2 dotted all the i’s in issues, which regularly served as a reason for heated discussions and serious verbal battles, related to tobacco regulation issues: list of places added, where smoking is prohibited, information requirements have changed, indicated on consumer packaging of tobacco products, electronic smoking systems, liquids for electronic smoking systems, systems for tobacco consumption, leaflets for them, etc..

In fact, бросать курить никогда не поздно. Об этом вам скажет любой онколог. И вообще любой врач.

Everyone can overcome nicotine addiction. The potential health benefits are definitely worth it, to endure discomfort, which you will experience at first. Smoking is not a person's choice, these are chemicals, which make you dependent and gradually destroy your body. You just need to make a decision and not give up.

Consultation on tobacco smoking prevention will be available at the following medical institutions:

• Institution "Gomel Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary"»:

with 13 by 17 November from 9.00 to 11.00 by phone. 8 (0232) 20-48-10;

• institution "Gomel Regional

Drug Dispensary":

13 November from 10.00 to 13.00 by phone. 8 (0232) 34-01-33;

14 November from 11.00 to 13.00 by phone. 8 (0232) 32-96-40;

15 November from 9.00 to 12.00 by phone. 8 (0232) 34-01-66;

17 November from 9.00 to 12.00 by phone. 8 (0232) 53-34-34.

• State Institution "Gomel Regional Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health ":

with 13 by 17 November from 9.00 to 10.00 by phone. 8 (0232) 33-57-24.