By Jamie L.
Anti-smoking measures have become so widespread that they now affect some 3.8 billion people, just over half the world's population, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
But the WHO called for more action, warning that tobacco use could kill a billion people or more over the course of the 21st century "urgent unless action is taken."
The WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic was launched in Uruguay as the health body sought to highlight the country's legislation against smoking that now faces a lawsuit by tobacco giant Philip Moris.
"The tobacco epidemic continues to expand because of ongoing tobacco industry marketing, population growth in countries where tobacco use in increasing, and the extreme addictiveness of tobacco that makes it difficult for people to stop smoking once they start," said Ala Alwan, WHO assistant director-general for noncommunicable diseases and mental health.
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Anti-smoking measures have become so widespread that they now affect some 3.8 billion people, just over half the world's population, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
But the WHO called for more action, warning that tobacco use could kill a billion people or more over the course of the 21st century "urgent unless action is taken."
The WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic was launched in Uruguay as the health body sought to highlight the country's legislation against smoking that now faces a lawsuit by tobacco giant Philip Moris.
"The tobacco epidemic continues to expand because of ongoing tobacco industry marketing, population growth in countries where tobacco use in increasing, and the extreme addictiveness of tobacco that makes it difficult for people to stop smoking once they start," said Ala Alwan, WHO assistant director-general for noncommunicable diseases and mental health.
To read more, click here
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