ABOUT WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2022
World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) was on Tuesday 31 May 2022. The World Health Organization (WHO) theme for WNTD 2022 was Tobacco: Threat to our environment. The campaign raised awareness of the environmental impact of tobacco – from cultivation, production, distribution, and waste.
For WNTD 2022, Quit encouraged people who care about the environment to quit smoking or vaping.
The production and use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes has a huge impact on our environment.
The tobacco industry is using greenwashing to pretend it cares about the environment.
The only way to stop the environmental damage caused by the production and use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes is to stop using the products.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
To stop the damage, start quitting:
This WNTD2022, we're encouraging people who care about the environment to quit smoking or vaping. And we're here to help support you, wherever you are on your quitting journey.
Find out how Quit can help.
Quit is here to helpHelp us spread the message:
You can help to spread the message by:
Following us on social media and sharing the WNTD assets we post – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn.
Posting our WNTD social media assets on your social media channels.
SOCIAL MEDIA ASSETS
Quit is posting the following assets to highlight the environmental damage from tobacco production. Help us spread the message by sharing our posts!
To download the images below, simply right click and save, or click here to download a .zip folder with all the assets and sizes for Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Sample post for Facebook or LinkedIn:
This #WorldNoTobaccoDay, @quit is encouraging people who care about the environment to quit smoking or vaping. The production and use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes has a huge impact on our environment. The tobacco industry is using greenwashing to pretend it cares. The only way to stop the environmental damage caused by the production and use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes is to stop using the products: quit.org.au/wntd2022 #TobaccoExposed @WHO #WNTD #climatecrisis
Sample post for Twitter:
The production and use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes has a huge impact on our environment. The tobacco industry is greenwashing to pretend it cares. The only way to stop the damage is to stop using the products: quit.org.au/wntd2022 #TobaccoExposed @quit @WHO #WorldNoTobaccoDay
WNTD ONLINE EVENT
Online event: Protecting the environment from the tobacco industry - Tues 31 May 2022, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM AEST
A World No Tobacco Day special event, featuring speakers from the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Quit and WWF Australia.
Join Dr. Sarah White and others as they discuss how every stage of the tobacco cycle – from cultivation to consumer waste – is damaging to the environment, how supposedly ʻcleaner’ products (such as electronic cigarettes) present a new threat, and how the tobacco industry uses environmental concerns to distract from the damage it causes. Objectives for public health policy and approaches to tobacco control practice were also discussed.
Watch a recording of the presentation here.