May 31 is World No Tobacco Day - Grow Food, Not Tobacco

The Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) created World No Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. WHO’s 2023 theme for World No Tobacco Day on May 31 is “Grow Food, Not Tobacco.”

Tobacco growing harms our health, the health of farmers and the planet’s health. The tobacco industry interferes with attempts to substitute tobacco growing, contributing to the global food crisis. This campaign encourages governments to end tobacco growing subsidies and use the savings to support farmers to switch to more sustainable crops that improve food security and nutrition. The key measure of campaign success would be the number of governments that pledge to end subsidies on tobacco growing. Find campaign materials to share from WHO here.