sábado, 31 de mayo de 2014

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!



CDC Around the World



IN THIS MESSAGE:
Photo of the Week
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.
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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
Blog of the Week
Infographic of the Week
DEATHS CAUSED BY TOBACCO
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Infographic of the week: Deaths caused by tobacco: 20th century - 100 million; 21st century projected - 1 billion
Video of the Week
WHO: WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY, 31 MAY 2014
As tobacco taxes go up, deaths and diseases go down…watch video
Video of the week
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

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