CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
No Smoking Day- 9th March:
- “No Smoking Day” is celebrated annually on the second Wednesday of March to raise awareness about the ill effects of smoking.
- This year, it is celebrated on the 9th of March, 2022.
- This year, the theme for the “No Smoking Day” is “quitting smoking doesn’t have to be stressful.”
- The first “No Smoking Day” was celebrated in 1984 on Ash Wednesday.
- Since then, a year after it, the day has been celebrated every second Wednesday in March.
- The day mainly strives to spread awareness on the hazards of tobacco consumption through smoking and similar variability.
