Usuku olungenayo ugwayi lwasungulwa ngoMeyi 31, 1987, akuyona into engaqondakali. I-World Health Organization ibilokhu isesinqumo eside isikhathi eside. Inombolo yabantu abangakwazi ukuhlala ngaphandle kukagwayi kunabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-650 emhlabeni. Isixuku esikhulu sabantu sibhekene nobuthakathaka bomunye umuntu, siphuza umusi, hhayi ngokwabo njengababhemayo abakhuthele. Kuze kube yizigidi eziyisihlanu zabantu abaya kwelinye izwe ngenxa yezifo ezibangelwa uketshezi oluvamile ne-nicotine, ikakhulukazi umdlavuza wamaphaphu . Injabulo yokubhema ivala amehlo abo emiphumeleni engenzeka, futhi ngaleso sikhathi amaphaphu, imithambo yegazi, inhliziyo kanye nezinye izitho ziphenduka izinsalela. Ngakho-ke, kwakudingeka kwenziwe okuthile okusheshayo, ukuphakamisa umphakathi nokuthonya ngandlela-thile ohulumeni bamazwe athuthukile ngaphandle kokungafani.
Umhlaba Akukho Usuku Lomgwaqo kulo nyaka
Kulo nyaka, i-WHO inqume ukuqhuba umkhankaso wokulwa nokubhema usebenzisa isiqubulo esithi: "Ukunciphisa amazinga okubhema, ukugcina izimpilo." Okokuqala, sikhuluma ngokukhulisa intela ezinhlobonhlobo zemikhiqizo kagwayi. Lesi silinganiso, nakuba sihlasela ephaketheni lababhemayo, kodwa kunciphisa kancane ukusetshenziswa kwe-nicotine. Ukwanda kwentela yentela ngo-10% kunganciphisa ukuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo kagwayi kusuka ku-4% ukuya kuma-5%, kuye ngokuthi isifunda.
Izwe Alikho Usuku Lwagwayi luhlanganisa imicimbi ehlukahlukene - amatafula azungezile, imibukiso ye-TV, imibhalo yamaphephandaba, imihlangano yamabhizinisi. Zonke kufanele ziqondiswe enkampanini ekunqandeni ukukhangisa ugwayi, incazelo yezingozi zokubhema. Ikakhulukazi kwiSuku Lomhlaba WobuGanga, sidinga ukuqinisa umsebenzi wethu nabantu abasha. Kuphawula ukuthi abantu bokuqala balahla lo mkhuba, amathuba okuba kufanele baphile impilo ejabulisayo, bagweme izifo ezehlukene ngenxa yobuthi bomzimba wabo nomusi wokubhema.