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Bookmark or Share- Tobacco - World Health Organization (WHO)Tobacco. Nicotine contained in tobacco is highly addictive and tobacco use is a major risk factor for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, over 20 different types or subtypes of cancer, and many other debilitating health conditions. Every year, more than 8 million people die from tobacco use. Most tobacco-related deaths occur in low- and ...
- Tobacco - World Health Organization (WHO)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. In 2020, 22.3% of the world’s population used tobacco: 36.7% of men and 7.8% of women.
- Tobacco - World Health Organization (WHO)Tobacco. Tobacco use is one of the world's leading preventable causes of death and is a major preventable risk factor of noncommunicable diseases like cancer, lung and heart diseases. The most common type of tobacco product used is manufactured cigarettes, but tobacco is also used in many other forms. Tobacco kills up to half of its users, and ...
- Effects of tobacco on health - World Health Organization (WHO)17 June 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 ...
- Tobacco fact sheet - World Health Organization (WHO)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.
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