May 31 is World No Tobacco Day. Global Tobacco Free is part of the UN Global and International Days. The theme for World No Tobacco Day in 2025 was “Bright products. Dark intentions”, also framed around the broader campaign slogan “Unmasking the Appeal: Exposing Industry Tactics on Tobacco and Nicotine Products”.
Campaign Focus
- Exposing Tactics: Highlighting how the tobacco and nicotine industries make harmful products attractive to young people and women.
- Manipulative Designs: Using colorful packaging, sleek shapes, and deceptive features that mimic sweets or cartoon characters.
- Attractive Flavors: Adding thousands of unique flavor options to mask the harshness of tobacco and promote e-cigarettes or vapes.
- Glamourized Marketing: Leveraging digital media and alluring aesthetics to drive dependency among vulnerable groups.
Its goal is to draw attention to the problems of 8 million smokers in Ukraine who need help to quit smoking. In 2006, Ukraine acceded to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
In Ukraine, 85,000 deaths each year are related to smoking, and more than 14,000 to exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke. To reduce the possibility of harmful effects of smoke, it is necessary to increase the number of public places where smoking will be completely banned.
Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics fully supports the policy of smoking ban on the territory of the educational institution and takes specific measures aimed at overcoming tobacco dependence, protecting people, including young people, from tobacco advertising and marketing, informing about smoking risks, disseminating proven evidence, providing assistance to those who want to quit smoking and create a tobacco-free generation.
In Ukraine, 85,000 deaths each year are related to smoking, and more than 14,000 to exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke. To reduce the possibility of harmful effects of smoke, it is necessary to increase the number of public places where smoking will be completely banned.
Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics fully supports the policy of smoking ban on the territory of the educational institution and takes specific measures aimed at overcoming tobacco dependence, protecting people, including young people, from tobacco advertising and marketing, informing about smoking risks, disseminating proven evidence, providing assistance to those who want to quit smoking and create a tobacco-free generation.