BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-// iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200526T210507WEST-9787X8lcIH@ DTSTAMP:20200526T200507Z DESCRIPTION:Todos os anos\, no dia 31 de maio\, a OMS e os seus parceiros e m todo o mundo assinalam o Dia Mundial Sem Tabaco\, destacando os riscos d e saúde associados ao uso do tabaco e defendendo políticas eficazes para r eduzir o consumo de tabaco. O tabagismo é a causa mais evitável de morte n o mundo e atualmente é responsável por 10% das mortes de adultos em todo o mundo.\nWorld No Tobacco Day - 31 May 2014\n\nRaise taxes on tobacco\nWHO \nThe global tobacco epidemic kills nearly 6 million people each year\, of which more than 600 000 are non-smokers dying from breathing second-hand smoke. Unless we act\, the epidemic will kill more than 8 million people e very year by 2030. More than 80% of these preventable deaths will be among people living in low-and middle-income countries.For World No Tobacco Day 2014\, WHO and partners call on countries to raise taxes on tobacco.\nRed uce tobacco consumption\, save lives\nUnder the WHO Framework Convention o n Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)\, countries should implement tax and price po licies on tobacco products as a way to reduce tobacco consumption. Researc h shows that higher taxes are especially effective in reducing tobacco use among lower-income groups and in preventing young people from starting to smoke. A tax increase that increases tobacco prices by 10% decreases toba cco consumption by about 4% in high-income countries and by up to 8% in mo st low- and middle-income countries. Furthermore\, increasing excise taxes on tobacco is considered to be the most cost-effective tobacco control me asure. The World Health Report 2010 indicated that a 50% increase in tobac co excise taxes would generate a little more than US$ 1.4 billion in addit ional funds in 22 low-income countries. If allocated to health\, governmen t health spending in these countries could increase by up to 50%.\nGoals\n The ultimate goal of World No Tobacco Day is to contribute to protecting p resent and future generations not only from the devastating health consequ ences due to tobacco\, but also from the social\, environmental and econom ic scourges of tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke.Specific goals of the 2014 campaign are that:\n\n\ngovernments increase taxes on tobacco to levels that reduce tobacco consumption\;\n\n\nindividuals and civil socie ty organizations encourage their governments to increase taxes on tobacco to levels that reduce consumption.\n\n 12836-dia-mundial-sem-tabaco.html DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200530 LOCATION:mundo (mundo) SUMMARY:Dia Mundial sem Tabaco URL: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR