While I wholeheartedly support the #WeStandWithUkraine sentiment this is nevertheless a rather strange tweet, is it not?
I’m sure it was posted with the best of intentions but I’m not convinced that tobacco control will be a priority for many Ukrainians - even those working in public health - when the war is over.
Wars have a habit of putting things in perspective and while most of us want ‘normality’ and peace to return to Ukraine (with the Ukrainians governing their own country without Russian intervention) as soon as possible (a rather optimistic hope) I suspect that, post-war, tackling smoking won’t be an immediate concern for either government or the people, many of whom will have lost their homes, their livelihoods, even friends and family, or been forced to flee.
Just a thought.
H/T Rae Maile and Carl Phillips (via Twitter)