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Cancer accounts for one in eight deaths globally. In the 20th century, the tobacco epidemic killed 100 million people worldwide. According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2008 report the global tobacco epidemic, by 2030, there will be more than 8 million deaths every year unless urgent action is taken. An estimated 80 percent of these deaths will occur in developing countries.
This year, we would like you to join us in our crusade against Tobacco. We are organizing a poster competition campaign in all major schools across Pakistan in the month of May 2008. The campaign will be in line with “World No Tobacco Day” on May 31st, therefore the theme of the competition is "No Tobacco".
The campaign is an effort to spread awareness to prevent the incidence of cancer; which is on the rise due to the change in our living and environmental pattern.
We are hoping that you will lend support for this noble cause.
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