Was the Nazis the first anti-tobacco campaign in the world?

Berlin Wednesday, December 23, 2020

To prevent infection in epidemics such as corona, it is advisable to quit products such as tobacco or its cigarettes because tobacco smoke damages the lungs. The World Health Organization has also called for an anti-tobacco campaign. The first anti-tobacco campaign in the modern world was started by the Nazis in Germany. The anti-smoking movement in Germany began in the early 20th century when German doctors discovered that smoking causes lung cancer. The Nazi anti-tobacco campaign spread throughout the country.

The movement continued even after the Nazis took power in Germany. He was blessed with Hitler's ban on smoking, especially on trams, city trains and buses. According to one source, Hitler used to smoke 8 to 20 cigarettes a day in his youth, but he always told his close friends to quit smoking. Hitler also encouraged researchers to do more research on the harms of smoking.

Anti-smoking slogans were written in people's workplaces in Germany. The campaign also became a means for Hitler to stay connected with the people. The Nazis told people that Jewish capitalism was responsible for the growing tobacco and cigarette addiction in Europe. Thus the anti-tobacco campaign also became a weapon of political bias to some extent.

Anti-tobacco groups were most active in the German cities of Hanover and Dresden. Czechoslovakia and Austria were also affected by Germany's campaign. Despite the anti-tobacco campaign in Germany, it is surprising that Hitler's soldiers were addicted to tobacco and cigarettes. With the fall of the Nazis in Germany after World War II, the United States began pushing its own cigarette companies into the German smoking market. In the 19th century, the United States shipped 200 million cigarettes and some ships loaded with tobacco.

However many also believe that despite the Nazi movement Germany was not free of addiction. In the 19th century, per capita cigarette consumption increased from 30 to 200. Cigarette companies in Germany also tried their best to weaken the movement by declaring this protest and unscientific. Second, the Nazis deliberately made no special effort to bring Negroes and some ethnic groups out of tobacco addiction.