Jul 31, 2023 · Tobacco kills up to half of its users who don’t quit (1–3). Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year, including an estimated 1.3 million non-smokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke (4). Around 80% of the world's 1.3 billion tobacco users live in low- and middle-income countries.

The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year around the world. More than 7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while around 1.2 million are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.

Jul 31, 2018 · India is also the second largest consumer and producer of tobacco. A variety of tobacco products are available at very low prices in the country. Nearly 267 million adults (15 years and above) in India (29% of all adults) are users of tobacco, according to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey India, 2016-17.

Jul 31, 2023 · 世界卫生组织烟草实况报道，提供了有关烟草的重要事实，包括烟草使用和二手烟雾的健康风险、死亡负担、戒烟、减少烟草消费的措施、新型烟草制品的危害以及世卫组织的应对工作等方面的信息。

SMOKED TOBACCO PRODUCTS These are tobacco products that produce smoke that is inhaled by users and non-users, when exposed. They include manufactured cigarettes, roll-your-own-cigarettes, shisha (waterpipe), cigars, cigarillos, bids, kreteks and heated tobacco products (2). Heated tobacco products (2) are battery-powered devices that heat tobacco

Jun 17, 2016 · Tobacco use or exposure to tobacco smoking has a negative impact on health across the life-course. During fetal development, tobacco can increase rates of stillbirth and selected congenital malformations. In infancy, it can cause sudden infant death syndrome. In childhood and adolescence, tobacco can cause disability from respiratory diseases.

Jul 31, 2023 · The ninth WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic tracks the progress made by countries in tobacco control since 2008 and, marks 15 years since the introduction of the MPOWER technical package which is designed to help countries implement the demand-reduction measures of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The report …

Jun 12, 2024 · Large graphic health warnings on tobacco products are now in place in 32 (60%) countries. Tobacco use is well and regularly monitored in 39 (74%) countries. Tobacco taxes are at 75% or more of the retail price of a packet of cigarette in 25 (47%) countries of the Region. The progress made shows that it is possible for countries to turn the tide.

May 27, 2010 · Among the WHO regions, Europe has the highest prevalence of tobacco smoking among adults (28%) and some of the highest prevalence of tobacco use by adolescents. Tobacco control is a primary entry point for achieving the global goal, agreed upon by the World Health Assembly in 2013, of a 25% reduction in premature mortality from noncommunicable ...

Tobacco and nicotine industries use insidious strategies to make their harmful products appealing, especially to young people. Manipulative product designs, attractive flavours, and glamourized marketing create a false sense of security and evoke desirability.