No tobacco day

Shaina NC (extreme right), Juhi Babbar & Mukesh Sharma (2nd & 3rd from left) on World no Tobacco Day

The World Health Organization (WHO) selects "The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control" as the theme of the next World No Tobacco Day, which will take place on  Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Celebrities & Media persons awaiting their turn  to walk the ramp on World No Tobacco Day

Eight years ago on 31st May 2003  I had a chance to wear fashion designer Nita Lulla's dress and walk the ramp at Mumbai in support of  World No Tobacco Day. The event was organised by Shaina NC, daughter of Nana Chudasma, former Sheriff of Mumbai.

The walk.....

Friends to support the cause...

I remember all my friends and well wishers had come to witness the historic walk on the Ramp.

These are some of the pictures taken on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day.                                 

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death. This year, more than 5 million people will die from a tobacco-related heart attack, stroke, cancer, lung ailment or other disease. That does not include the more than 600,000 people – more than a quarter of them children – who will die from exposure to second-hand smoke. The annual death toll from the global epidemic of tobacco use could rise to 8 million by 2030. Having killed 100 million people during the 20th century, tobacco use could kill 1 billion during the 21st century.

  Jokes Apart.....Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.