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Global tobacco epidemic 2023
August 5 , 2023
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- WHO released a report called the ‘global tobacco epidemic, 2023: protect people from tobacco smoke’.
- The global rate of the prevalence of smoking had dropped from 22.8 per cent in 2007 to 17 per cent in 2021.
- Netherlands, Mauritius, Brazil and Turkey are only implementing all the recommended measures to reduce tobacco smoking globally.
- More than seven in 10 people on the planet (5.6 billion) are now protected by measures to curb the dangers of tobacco smoke.
- 8.7 million people still die from tobacco-related diseases every year.
- 2.3 billion people in 44 countries remain unprotected without any WHO anti-tobacco measures in place.
- 74 countries have no regulations in place addressing such products, meaning no bans on use in public places, no labelling requirements and no bans on advertising.
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