Global tobacco-use figures likely to go up

The number is smokers is said to have declined in many countries. However, this is not the case in Africa and at the Mediterranean where the numbers are said to be increasing and which implies that global tobacco-use figures will shoot up.Member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) have a target of reducing the tobacco consumed globally by at least 30% and by 2025.

This however may not be achieved as expected and according to a report by Agence France-Presse because of the endurance of the targeted population which is in both low and middle – income earners. An estimation of current tobacco smokers by the Lancet Medical Journal stands at 1.1 billion in 2025. This is way above the present number of 1billion.

The study according to WHO reflects that at least on every six seconds, a death occurs which is related to tobacco smoking which means at least half of the smokers.

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