This year’s 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 powering. It is ugly and deadly.

翻譯

 今年的紀念世界無煙日關注“性別與煙草，強調女性的促銷行為”。

雖然不到10名婦女是吸煙者，仍然增加了約200萬世界各地的婦女。此外，這一數字可能會增長，因為煙草業在針對婦女使用煙草會增加美麗和魅力的廣告上投入巨資

根據世界衛生組織（WHO）最近的一項研究，在調查的151個國家和地區中有相當于一半的男孩和女孩在吸煙。這一發現更是令人擔憂的，因為年輕人吸煙的人可能在成年后繼續。

有證據表明，婦女使用煙草的患病率在一些國家不斷上升。世界各地的政府必須采取行動，保護婦女免受煙草廣告危害，把世衛組織“煙草控制框架公約”來提升和保護（婦女）。

“公約”還呼吁各國政府保護婦女免受二手煙侵害 – 尤其是在婦女感到無力保護自己和自己的孩子的國家。世界衛生組織的數據顯示，的43萬每年死于二手煙的成年人中，有近三分之二是婦女。

在世界各地，超過150萬的婦女每年死于煙草使用。大多數死亡發生在低收入和中等收入國家。如果不采取協調一致的行動，到2030年，這個數字將上升到250萬婦女。

我們必須把全球煙草流行（的形勢）扭轉。在世界無煙日，我敦促各國政府應對這一公共衛生威脅。吸煙不能使人時尚或充滿活力。它是丑陋的和致命的。

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