Open Access News Health & Social Care News World No Tobacco Day 2024: How to convince young people to quit tobacco May 31, 2024 image: ©Mumemories | iStock For World No Tobacco Day 2024, we explore the addictive nature of tobacco for young people and how to help convince young people to keep off tobacco and quit smoking Tobacco and nicotine addictions often begins at a young age: nine out of ten smokers start before the age of 18, and getting hooked is easy. Over two-thirds of those trying one cigarette go on to become daily smokers. And quitting is hard.
On average, it takes someone 30 attempts to stop smoking. On average it takes someone 30 attempts to stop smoking. World No Tobacco Day 2024 If we want to keep future generations away from tobacco, we need to see significantly sharper measures from decision-makers as well as collective advocacy efforts on both national and global levels.
What concrete measures need to be taken to reduce the use of tobacco among young people? Of course, there is no single answer to that question, but the main solution is social responsibility and can be divided into three main areas: stricter marketing rules and scaled-up smoke-free measures, tax regulations, and intensified dissemination on the effects of the tobacco industry. Firstly, the marketing of tobacco products needs to be far more regulated. Today we see how the tobacco industry, in a bid to get new generations hooked and turn them into lifelong customers, pours money into digital .
