In cafes, restaurants, at home, even in public places with no smoking signs, you can still see people smoking. Everyone is afraid of cancer, stroke, sudden death, but many people are still indifferent and ignore cigarette smoke.

According to warnings from experts, cigarettes contain 7,000 chemicals, including 69 carcinogens, which are the cause of 25 diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory and reproductive diseases. Cigarette smoke can affect a range of 7-10m, and toxic substances that stick to the surface of furniture take up to 6 months to completely decompose and will penetrate the body if exposed through the skin or breathing.

Every year, more than 103,300 Vietnamese people die from tobacco-related diseases, including 84,500 deaths from active smoking, and 18,800 deaths from exposure to secondhand smoke.

Since 1987, May 31 has been chosen as World No Tobacco Day, aiming to raise awareness of the harmful effects of tobacco products on humans, public health and the environment. However, the work of preventing and combating smoking still faces certain difficulties due to the emergence of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products - using heat to heat without burning like regular cigarettes.

The current Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms does not cover everything, including the ban on new cigarettes, electronic cigarettes... which have the same harmful effects as regular cigarettes and are also dangerous to use, such as causing fire and explosion. At the 8th session, the 15th National Assembly passed Resolution No. 173/2024/QH15 prohibiting the production, trading, import, storage, transportation and use of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products (new cigarettes), effective from January 1, 2025. These are important legal documents, clearly demonstrating the fight to protect public health interests against group interests, corporate interests, and the tobacco industry. Many opinions say that it is time to control tobacco, put aside economic interests for the sake of people's health.