Search results
Tobacco use is a cause or risk factor for many deadly diseases, especially those affecting the heart, liver, and lungs [2] as well as many cancers. In 2008, the World Health Organization named tobacco use as the world's single greatest preventable cause of death. [3] In Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- Key Facts
- Leading Cause of Death, Illness and Impoverishment
- Key Measures to Reduce The Demand For Tobacco
- GeneratedCaptionsTabForHeroSec
Tobacco kills up to half of its users who don’t quit(1-3).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.The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing over 8 million people a year around the world. More than 7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while around 1.3 million are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke (4). All forms of tobacco use are harmful...
Surveillance is key
Good monitoring tracks the extent and character of the tobacco epidemic and indicates how best to tailor policies. Almost half of the world's population are regularly asked about their tobacco use in nationally representative surveys among adults and adolescents. More on monitoring tobacco use
Second-hand smoke kills
Second-hand smoke is the smoke that fills restaurants, offices, homes, or other enclosed spaces when people smoke tobacco products. There is no safe level of exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke. Second-hand smoke causes serious cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, including coronary heart disease and lung cancer, and kills around 1.3 million people prematurely every year. Over a quarter of the world's population living in 74 countries are protected by comprehensive national smoke-free l...
Tobacco users need help to quit
Among smokers who are aware of the dangers of tobacco, most want to quit. Counselling and medication can more than double a tobacco user’s chance of successful quitting. National comprehensive cessation services with full or partial cost-coverage are available to assist tobacco users to quit in only 32 countries, representing around a third of the world's population. More on quitting tobacco
Tobacco kills over 8 million people a year and causes serious diseases and poverty. WHO provides key facts, policies and actions to reduce tobacco use and its health and economic impacts.
Learn about the laws and policies that aim to reduce smoking prevalence in Singapore. Find out how to report tobacco-related offences and the impact of tobacco on health.
Learn about the health effects, risks and prevention of tobacco use, including second-hand smoke, heated tobacco products and e-cigarettes. Find facts, data, publications, events and campaigns from WHO on tobacco control.
Tobacco contains the drug nicotine which makes a smoker or tobacco-user feel high, due to a rapid release of nicotine which stimulates hormones. But the use of tobacco products leads to serious health effects, with direct tobacco use responsible for approximately 7 million deaths a year worldwide and 1.2 million deaths in non-smokers exposed to ...
Learn about the plant species, varieties, and uses of tobacco, a tropical crop grown worldwide. Find out how tobacco is cultivated, cured, and graded for different purposes and markets.
To protect public health and reduce tobacco consumption, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has put in place a suite of enhanced tobacco control measures. These include the coming into force of amendments to the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act (TCASA) on 1 August 2016.
