World No Tobacco Day 2010

WHO Theme :- Gender and tobacco with an emphasis on marketing to women.

Today is the World no tobacco day celebrated all over the world with a view to curb smoking in general and in women in particular.

  Women comprise about 20% of the world's more than 1 billion smokers. However, the epidemic of tobacco use among women is increasing in some countries. Women are a major target of opportunity for the tobacco industry, which needs to recruit new users to replace the nearly half of current users who will die prematurely from tobacco-related diseases.   Especially troubling is the rising prevalence of tobacco use among girls. The new WHO report, Women and health: today's evidence, tomorrow's agenda, points to evidence that tobacco advertising increasingly targets girls. Data from 151 countries show that about 7% of adolescent girls smoke cigarettes as opposed to 12% of adolescent boys. In some countries, almost as many girls smoke as boys.

Disgusting Public habits.

PEEING:
I get disgusted even to discuss this topic but i think we should think twice before we pee in the public again. This habit is prevalent in men most of the time but female population is also practising it now and then. Indians are known for this habit. you cant walk on a main road in Bangalore without the smell of urine slap you in your face.

    In the last few years while i am in bangalore the worst experience i have had is in Kalasipalyam near chamrajpet. its the site of my college and unfortunately i have to go there frequently. the stench of the cattle refuse and the site of public urination by the narrow road leaves u no space to keep your leg. The main concern here is that this location is near to the Govt VICTORIA Hospital which is attached to the Bangalore Medical College and hundreds of patients use kalasipalya as the nearest bus stop. But being a virtual garbage dump its hazardous to the health of the population.

   Peeing in public apart from creating a sense of disgust also creates a health issue..it attracts flies and it spreads infectious diseases like Typhoid and Gastroenteritis. The stagnant water and urine pools create a perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes leading to Malaria, Dengue etc.

CAN  WE CONTROL IT?


  Ofcourse we can control it. When we create a problem its often possible to control it by simple means. But whats not simple is creating awareness among people that its not in their interests to be indifferent to the squalid sorroundings.