Tobacco Globally Kills 7 Million per Year

About 7 Million people die in the world every year due to the use of tobacco products.

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A recent WHO report revealed that more than 3 Million people have become the patients of heart diseases and paralysis due to tobacco.

The report further said that the people die due to the diseases triggered by smoking. But the passive smokers also die due to tobacco smoke.

The numbers of such deaths due to passive smoking is 890,000 per year.

The WHO proposed a resolution to create awareness among people about the dangers of smoking in 2005. This resolution has been approved by 180 countries, which proposed a ban on the advertisements and sponsorships by tobacco products.

Douglas Batcher, the Director of Non- Contagious diseases in WHO said that this mission has fetched encouraging results. In 2000, about 30% of the world population used tobacco products, while this ratio has come down to 20 % in 2016.

He said that much is required to be done in this field. The problem is arising in medium and low-income group countries. Here the tobacco lobby is so powerful that they can use any means to advertise their tobacco products. The main targets of these Companies are the younger generation, for whom even the prices are brought down.

Most of the people who die every year due to tobacco are aware of the fact that tobacco is the chief cause of cancer.

The total number of the people using tobacco in the world is 110 Million. Out of these 30.7 Million are in China and 10.7 Million in India.