November 20 is International No Smoking Day

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Every year on November 20, many countries around the world celebrate the International Day for Smoking Cessation. This day was founded in 1977 by the American Cancer Society. According to the World Health Organization, 90% of deaths worldwide, 75% from lung cancer, 25% from chronic bronchitis, are due to an increase in ischemic heart disease through smoking. One smoker dies every 10 seconds on our planet. (1 2020 person every 3 seconds); One in ten women in Russia smokes. The goal of the International Day for Smoking Cessation is to drastically reduce the number of people addicted to tobacco, to involve all segments of the population, doctors and other professionals in the fight against smoking. According to the survey, 1% of the population consider smoking a harmful habit, 47% are addicted, 38% have an incurable disease, and 9% have not been able to determine their attitude to smoking. When asked about the harmful effects of smoking, 6% of respondents found it difficult to answer. When asked about quitting smoking, 22% said it was easy to quit, 12% said it was too hard, 56% said it was impossible, and 4% said they had thought about it. 28% of those surveyed tried to quit smoking but were unable to do so. 21% are aware of the existence of smoking cessation centers and 30% are unaware of the existence of such centers. People who are well aware that smoking is harmful to their health are wary of becoming addicted to nicatine. People do not admit that the use of tobacco is harmful to their health, they think that the disease does not belong to them, or they think that the habit of smoking is so strong that it is impossible to give it up.

Attention! Ministry of Health warns!

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November 20 is World Philosophy Day

November 20 (2014) World Philosophy Day is designated by UNESCO and is held on the third Thursday of November. The idea of ​​World Philosophy Day is to find common ways to discuss the transformation of global, social and cultural issues, to introduce people to the philosophical heritage. Philosophy is a form of spiritual activity that represents the place of man in the world and the holistic system of worldview. All the knowledge that humanity uses begins with philosophy and ends with a philosophical conclusion. Plato, who brought philosophy to the level of science, called it "the knowledge of existence, eternity, and permanence," and Aristotle called it "the science that studies the causes and basic aspects of things." Pharoah saw philosophy as the “appreciation of Wisdom” or the art of thinking.

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November 20 is the day the whaling ship Essex was damaged by a giant whale

On November 1820, 20, an accident occurred in the Pacific Ocean with the American ship Essex. The ship sailed from a Massachusetts port in 1819. For half a year, the crew hunted whales in the South Pacific, but no wild whale was able to stop it. The whaler Essex has been damaged several times by giant whales. The 20 sailors arrived in unmanned Henderson Island, now part of the British Pitcairn Islands, in three small boats. Almost all of them perish from starvation and thirst, but 95 days after the whale attacks, Captain Pollard and another sailor are rescued by another whaling ship. First Aid Chase, who survived on another boat, writes a report on the adventure. Thirty years later, German Melville's Moby Dick appeared.

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November 20 is World Children’s Day

1954 (Resolution 836 (IX)) The General Assembly recommended that all states celebrate World Children's Day. The purpose of the Assembly in holding this holiday is to raise the peace, health and living conditions of children to a higher level. It adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child on November 1959, 20, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, and this holiday is celebrated annually. In 2012, the Secretary-General launched the “Education First” initiative in the education system. The idea is to increase the political importance of education and to try to raise additional funds through advocacy by strengthening its quality. Advances in education will help reduce maternal and child mortality, improve health, increase incomes, and build a strong environmental community.