This years observance of World No Tobacco Day focuses on Gender and tobacco, with an emphasis on marketing to women.
Although fewer than 1 out of 10 women are smokers, that still adds up to an estimated 200 million women around the world. Moreover, that number could grow, since the tobacco industry is spending heavily on advertisements that target women and associate tobacco use with beauty and liberation.
According to a recent study by the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of girls and boys who smoked was about equal in half the 151 countries surveyed. This finding is even more worrisome since young people who smoke are likely to continue in adulthood.
Evidence indicates that the prevalence rate of tobacco use among women is on the rise in some countries. Governments everywhere must take action to protect women from tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, as stipulated in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
The Convention also calls on Governments to protect women from second-hand tobacco smoke especially in countries where women feel powerless to protect themselves and their children. As WHO data show, of the 430,000 adults who die each year from second-hand smoke, nearly two thirds are women.
Around the world, more than 1.5 million women die each year from tobacco use. Most of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. Without concerted action, that number could rise to 2.5 million women by the year 2030.
We must turn back the global tobacco epidemic. On World No Tobacco Day, I urge all Governments to address this public health threat. Tobacco use is not stylish or empowering. It is ugly and deadly.
爸爸，您很爱我，很爱妈妈，也很爱这个家，但是您有一个缺点，就是太爱抽烟了。
爸爸，每当家里来了叔叔们，您就会热情的递过一支烟，和叔叔云里雾里的抽起来，爸爸，当您抽烟时，您有没有想到我，想到妈妈，每当您抽烟时，我和妈妈都在为您捏一把汗啊！您是把我们全家的幸福都抵上了啊！
爸爸，记得有一回，您去跟一个朋友去吃饭，走了不久，又回来了，我还以为您是把钥匙落家了，谁知您是把烟落家啦!从此以后，您养成了习惯性动作，每次出门都摸摸兜，唯恐把烟落下。
爸爸，您难道忘记了我从网上找的吸烟有害的常识吗？不，您只是把它当做过眼云烟。吸1支烟就减少5分钟的寿命，吸12支烟就减少1小时的寿命，这话我不止一次在您面前说过，您怎么就不听呢!您是一名医生，应该更能比我们了解吸烟的危害，您怎么就戒不了呢！
爸爸，为了我，为了妈妈，为了我们这个幸福美满的家，请您别再抽烟了！
爸爸的烟瘾算不上大，但也绝不小，算是个中等烟枪。平均一天两只烟，虽然只有两只，但是一只就含有大量的尼古丁。可以毒死一只小白鼠，要是这样长年累月地积累起来，可怎么办呀！？我在一本书上看过，一位科学家拿100多只烟燃烧，得到的焦油比一个拳头还要大一点，你想想于是，我下定了决心，要帮爸爸戒烟。
我偷偷摸摸地跑到爸爸的卧室，一看爸爸正在睡觉，我正准备进去，爸爸一个翻身，脸朝我这儿，我吓了一跳，一个卧倒。向衣架匍匐前进。
碉堡越来越近了，我慢慢地抓到了衣服，掏出了打火机和烟盒。
起床后，爸爸见烟和打火机不见了，就找了起来，把卧室翻了个底朝天，终于找到了。又悠闲吞云吐雾起来。
于是我又把烟和打火机偷走，这次没有藏起来。而是直接扔了，，爸爸找不到烟，就又买了一个打火机和一盒烟。
没办法了！我苦思冥想，想了半天，忽然，我眼睛一亮，想出了一个办法。
我找出爸爸的烟和打火机，把爸爸身上的钱也藏了起来，把烟打火机扔了，只留下烟盒。
我把爸爸还没有吸过的岩烟上的过虑觜剪掉，又拿了些白纸按真烟卷好，里面塞满牙膏、胡椒粉、酒、面油、香油、蒜汁、韭菜、墨水一滴、霍香水一滴、最后弄了些枯黄的狗尾草。然后接在过虑嘴上。我卷了五支。然后又弄了些薰一草，薄荷，切成后掺合一起，卷了起来，接在过虑嘴上。做了十支，又拿五个口香糖全部放进了烟盒里。又写了一张纸条：前面一排从一到五是好烟，你可以吸，第一排第六根到第二排第5根使是坏烟，最后5个是口香糖。
这样爸爸会吸难闻的烟。他肯定会试②号烟，这样，就会因为烟吸着恶心而戒掉了。而①号烟既没有尼古丁，吸着也像真烟。因为这种烟既伤不了身体还会有真烟那样的快感。
爸爸从这以后一直吸我卷的①号烟。吸完后他还自己卷呢！
我为这个发明感到自豪。小孩也可以吸噢，还可以自己配制自己喜欢的味道，不过并不能点燃。
我成功了！
