Blog #32 May 2026
World No Tobacco Day Welcome to my thirty-second blog!! And yes, this time the blog will go in a different direction. Today is World No Tobacco Day and was created by WHO. Who’s WHO? No it's WHO as in World Health Organization. They created the day to share awareness to the harmful effects to the use of tobacco worldwide. From July 2012-June 2017, I was a member of FACT youth group, where we spread the truth about tobacco. At the same time I was also on the FACT Youth Board, helping to come up with new ideas for awareness including a rebrand to help get new members. Like WHO, at FACT we are not against the people who smoke. We are just showing awareness to the harmful effects of tobacco use and other nicotine products including e-cigarettes (vapes). Especially when most if not all advertisement is geared toward youth with colorful packaging and sweet flavors. Including the e-cigarettes being dangerous in other ways including they not regulated like cigarettes are these days. I...