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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who got WHO World No Tobacco Day 2018 Award?
A
Shri S K Arora
B
Shri N K Rajkumar
C
Shri Naresh iyer
D
Shri Vijay Kumar
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -11 June 2018 – WHO selected Professor Mohammad Reza Masjedi Secretary-General of the Iranian Anti-Tobacco Association and Tobacco Control Research as one of six winners of the World No Tobacco Day award for 2018, initiated by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.

Detailed explanation-2: -Recognising its efforts in controlling tobacco consumption, the World Health Organization (WHO) has selected Jharkhand for the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award-2022, an official said on Sunday.

Detailed explanation-3: -Washington D.C. May 27 2022 (PAHO) – A tobacco control advocate in El Salvador, Violeta de Palomo, the President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and a researcher and academic from the United States of America, Thomas Novotny, received the 2022 World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Awards.

Detailed explanation-4: -The focus of World No Tobacco Day 2018 is “Tobacco and heart disease, ” enhancing knowledge on the link between tobacco and heart and other cardiovascular diseases, and this year’s theme “tobacco breaks hearts” encompasses that.

Detailed explanation-5: -“It’s a great achievement for Jharkhand, which could be possible only due to political and administrative supports that tobacco control cell has got in implementing the programme, ” Pathak said.

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