Tobacco will kill 8 million people each year by 2030

According to WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic by 2030 tobacco will kill more than eight million people worldwide each year, with 80 percent of these premature deaths among people living in low- and middle-income countriesTobacco use could kill a billion people or more over the course of the 21st century unless urgent action is taken. The tobacco epidemic continues to expand because of ongoing tobacco industry marketing, population growth in countries where tobacco use is increasing, and the extreme addictiveness of tobacco that makes it difficult for people to stop smoking once they start. Health warnings have protected some 425 million people in 19 countries from tobacco industry marketing tactics.While 101 countries ban tobacco print, television or radio advertising, both direct or indirect WHO considers this number to be insufficient and more is to be done in this regard.