Is there any connection between the International Anti-Drug Day on June 26 and Lin Zexu’s smoking cessation in Humen?

The International Anti-Drug Day on June 26 is related to Lin Zexu’s cigarette ban in Humen.

Because Lin Zexu’s ban on cigarettes in Humen started on June 3 and ended on June 26, June 26 was designated as the International Anti-Drug Day.

From June 12 to 26, 1987, the United Nations held a Ministerial Conference on Narcotic Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Vienna, attended by more than 3,000 representatives from 138 countries. The meeting proposed "Love life, "No Drugs" slogan, and representatives at the conference unanimously agreed to designate June 26 as the "International Anti-Drug Day" to draw the attention of countries around the world to the drug problem, and at the same time call on people around the world to work together to solve the drug problem.

Every year before and after the "6.26" International Anti-Drug Day, governments at all levels will carry out intensive anti-drug publicity activities through newspapers, radio, television and other news media and other forms.

Extended information:

On April 22, the 19th year of Daoguang's reign (June 3, 1839), the opium eradication campaign officially began in Humen. A ceremony platform was erected in Humen, with a hanging Wearing a long yellow silk banner, he wrote: "The Imperial Envoy is ordered to investigate and deal with the Minister of Haikou Affairs of Guangdong, and control the headquarters of the Governor-General of all battalions on land and water." All senior officials in Guangdong were present. Since the cigarette burning was open to the public and it was around the Dragon Boat Festival, people went to Humen Shoal one after another.

In addition, foreign businessmen, consuls, foreign journalists, missionaries, etc. who did not traffic in opium made a special trip from Macau or other places to visit, and none of them were British to protest against the Qing government's treatment of the British. Property imposes oppression.

Lin Zexu ordered the public destruction of opium on Humen Beach. By the end of June 25, the operation lasted 23 days and destroyed 19,187 boxes and 2,119 bags of opium, with a total weight of 2,376,254 kilograms.

The smoking ban in Humen became a historical event in the fight against drugs. June 3rd, the day when the cigarette smoking ban began in Humen, was designated as a non-holiday anti-smoking day during the Republic of China, and June 26th, the day after the cigarette smoking ban ended, was also the International Anti-Drug Day.

On the one hand, the destruction of opium in Humen awakened many patriotic people of China at that time. They began to reflect on themselves, reposition China's position in the world, and no longer regarded themselves as "the Celestial Kingdom." On the other hand, it also greatly suppressed the British opium trade in China, dealt a heavy blow to the British bourgeoisie's trade plunder in China, and demonstrated the Chinese people's firm determination and awakening awareness to ban smoking. ?

In addition, this incident has also become an example of the anti-smoking movement in the world. In history, many countries and regions have followed this example based on their own circumstances to curb the spread of drugs.

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