With 7 million Deaths every year, you have every reason to stop Smoking!
The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced,
killing more than 7 million people a year.
More than 6 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use,
while around 890 000 are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.
Nearly 80% of the more than 1 billion smokers worldwide live in low- and middle-income countries,
where the burden of tobacco-related illness and death is heaviest.
Tobacco users who die prematurely deprive their families of income,
raise the cost of health care and hinder economic development.