CDC Around the World This Week: May 31 is World No Tobacco Day!

CDC Around the World This Week: May 31 is World No Tobacco Day!

IN THIS MESSAGE:	PHOTO OF THE WEEK May 31 is World No Tobacco Day. Tobacco is now the world’s single leading cause of death, killing approximately 6 million people annually worldwide, and this figure is expected to rise to 8 million deaths per year by 2030 if no action is taken. View full-sized photo
Spotlighted Topic of the Week: Tobacco
In the News
On the Calendar

Blog of the Week A CALL FOR ACTION: RESPONDING TO THE TOBACCO EPIDEMIC AND THE PRICE OF CIGARETTES Mehmet Nuhoğlu started smoking when he was in middle school at the age of 12 after hearing that real men smoke. Little did he know that 45 years later his two pack a day addiction would lead to a heart attack and then cancer. “I never thought it would happen to me. I still can’t believe it,” he says…read blog Infographic of the Week DEATHS CAUSED BY TOBACCO View full-sized infographic Video of the Week WHO: WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY, 31 MAY 2014 As tobacco taxes go up, deaths and diseases go down…watch video Story of the Week BRANDON'S STORY Thirty-one-year-old Brandon started smoking in his mid-teens, and by 18, he was diagnosed with Buerger’s disease, a disorder linked to tobacco use that causes blood vessels in the hands and feet to become blocked and can result in infection or gangrene…read story

In the News

Hypertension: an urgent need for global control and prevention The Lancet, May 31, 2014 Worried about MERS? Worry about polio instead Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2014 Progress continues in fight against AIDS Houston Chronicle, May 12, 2014 Video: Second case of MERS in U.S. ABC World News, May 12, 2014 Second case of MERS in U.S. is health-care worker in Saudi Arabia, visiting family here Washington Post, May 12, 2014

On the Calendar

May 31: World No Tobacco Day June 4: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression June 5: World Environment Day June 15: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day June 19: World Sickle Cell Day June 20: World Refugee Day