Nepal on Smoking is Injurious to Health

Health Nepal

September 26, 1994

A commemorative postage stamp on the Stop Smoking Campaign in Nepal :

Issued by Nepal

Issued on Sep 26, 1994

Issued for : This commemorative stamp has been brought out to give up smoking and fight against it.

Issued by :
HMG/N, Postal Services Department
Nepal Philatelic Bureau, Kathmandu

Designer : K. K. Karmacharya

Type : Stamp, Postal Used

Denomination : 1 Rupee

Colour : 4 Colours

Size : 39 x 30.25 mm

Format : Horizontal

Paper : High Quality Stamp Paper

Quantity : 5,000,000 (Five Million)

Sheet : 50 Stamps per Sheet

Process : Offset Lithography

Printer : Austrian Government Printing Office, Austria

About :

Tobacco smoking causes 90% of Lung cancer, 30% other cancer and is responsible for 25% of heart disease, 80% of Asthma, bronchitis and corpulmonale. Tobacco smoking causes gradual hearing loss to the smoker.
Women smoker are prone to menstrual disturbances, abortions and are likely to have premature delivery. It is said, in every 13 second a person dies of tobacco smoking in the world. Tobacco smokers have black or yellow teeth, gums, lips, fingers, nails and foul smelling breath. Clothes and hair, look untidy.