 The World Health Organization director general Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus says smokers have up to 50% higher risk of developing severe diseases and death from COVID-19. Ghebreyesus said this in a message to commemorate the world no tobacco day globally, marked on May 31 annually, to highlight the health risk associated with tobacco use and advocate effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. Ghebreyesus says quitting is the best thing smokers can do to lower their risk from coronavirus, as well as the risk of developing cancers, heart disease and respiratory illnesses. The EDG announced that the WHO was taking advantage of digital tools to help tobacco users and had released the quits challenge chatbot and the artificial intelligence digital health worker Florence. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.