WHO – Tobacco Could Kill 1 Billion by 2100

The most recent World Health Organization (WHO) report states that about a billion people will perish with the continuous consumption of tobacco. The report also reveals that about two-thirds of the worldwide smokers live in 10 countries – China, India, Japan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Germany, United States, Russia, Turkey and Indonesia. China seems to account for 30% of the smokers and India 10% alone.

Another interesting revelation made by WHO was that about 80% of the deaths caused by smoking will occur in middle and lower income countries by 2030. This highlights the fact that tobacco consumption in developing countries is on a raging high.

The Global Tobacco Epidemic 2008

The WHO report refers to the trends of tobacco consumption as a “global tobacco epidemic”. The Global Tobacco Epidemic 2008 seeks to achieve the following goals:

Tobacco Control Policies

The WHO report is also encouraging governments struggling with tobacco consumption with a few basic “tobacco control policies”. The policies required to be implemented by these governments are listed here below:

The United Nations health agency reported that governments around the world collected about $200 billion and above as tobacco taxes every year but spent one-fifth of 1 percent of that revenue on tobacco control. The United States second-largest cigarette generating entity, R.J.Reynolds id doing its best by promising to spend enough in advertising the dangers of smoking.

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