This year’s observance of World No Tobacco Day focuses on “Gender and tobacco, with an emphasis on marketing to women”.
Although fewer than 1 out of 10 women are smokers, that still adds up to an estimated 200 million women around the world. Moreover, that number could grow, since the tobacco industry is spending heavily on advertisements that target women and associate tobacco use with beauty and liberation.
According to a recent study by the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of girls and boys who smoked was about equal in half the 151 countries surveyed. This finding is even more worrisome since young people who smoke are likely to continue in adulthood.
Evidence indicates that the prevalence rate of tobacco use among women is on the rise in some countries. Governments everywhere must take action to protect women from tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, as stipulated in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
The Convention also calls on Governments to protect women from second-hand tobacco smoke — especially in countries where women feel powerless to protect themselves and their children. As WHO data show, of the 430,000 adults who die each year from second-hand smoke, nearly two thirds are women.
Around the world, more than 1.5 million women die each year from tobacco use. Most of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. Without concerted action, that number could rise to 2.5 million women by the year 2030.
We must turn back the global tobacco epidemic. On World No Tobacco Day, I urge all Governments to address this public health threat. Tobacco use is not stylish or powering. It is ugly and deadly.
翻譯
今年的紀(jì)念世界無(wú)煙日關(guān)注“性別與煙草，強(qiáng)調(diào)女性的促銷行為”。
雖然不到10名婦女是吸煙者，仍然增加了約200萬(wàn)世界各地的婦女。此外，這一數(shù)字可能會(huì)增長(zhǎng)，因?yàn)闊煵輼I(yè)在針對(duì)婦女使用煙草會(huì)增加美麗和魅力的廣告上投入巨資
根據(jù)世界衛(wèi)生組織（WHO）最近的一項(xiàng)研究，在調(diào)查的151個(gè)國(guó)家和地區(qū)中有相當(dāng)于一半的男孩和女孩在吸煙。這一發(fā)現(xiàn)更是令人擔(dān)憂的，因?yàn)槟贻p人吸煙的人可能在成年后繼續(xù)。
有證據(jù)表明，婦女使用煙草的患病率在一些國(guó)家不斷上升。世界各地的政府必須采取行動(dòng)，保護(hù)婦女免受煙草廣告危害，把世衛(wèi)組織“煙草控制框架公約”來(lái)提升和保護(hù)（婦女）。
“公約”還呼吁各國(guó)政府保護(hù)婦女免受二手煙侵害 – 尤其是在婦女感到無(wú)力保護(hù)自己和自己的孩子的國(guó)家。世界衛(wèi)生組織的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，的43萬(wàn)每年死于二手煙的成年人中，有近三分之二是婦女。
在世界各地，超過(guò)150萬(wàn)的婦女每年死于煙草使用。大多數(shù)死亡發(fā)生在低收入和中等收入國(guó)家。如果不采取協(xié)調(diào)一致的行動(dòng)，到2030年，這個(gè)數(shù)字將上升到250萬(wàn)婦女。
我們必須把全球煙草流行（的形勢(shì)）扭轉(zhuǎn)。在世界無(wú)煙日，我敦促各國(guó)政府應(yīng)對(duì)這一公共衛(wèi)生威脅。吸煙不能使人時(shí)尚或充滿活力。它是丑陋的和致命的。
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