Tobacco use is a fatal habit, given the potential for having cancer, asthma, tuberculosis, smoking, constricting blood vessels, heart disease, and brain diseases. An estimated 80 million people worldwide die each year from tobacco-related diseases, of which 12 million innocent people die from the effects of second-hand smoke. The World No Tobacco Day is observed in UNO member states from 1987 on May 31st every year to warn people against the direct and indirect (ill) effects of tobacco use. On this day people are specifically urged to stay away from tobacco. Dr. Anil Goyal, Sayaji Hospital's head of Radiation Oncology said that people who smoke are 50 percent more likely to have severe COVID and die from it because the lungs of smokers are already affected due to smoking. According to him, smoking or chewing tobacco causes cancer of the mouth, gallbladder, palate, or jaw and throat, as well as cancers of the respiratory tract, esophagus, and larynx. In addition, women are more likel

Author-Shlok Talati