According to the report, every year 87 lakh people die due to tobacco in the world, out of which 13 lakh people are those who do not consume tobacco directly, but live around those people who are consuming tobacco.
WHO has released the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2023 report. This report has been released under the MPOWER campaign. The report says that there has been a decline in the number of smokers all over the world, which is a positive sign. However, there is still a lot of work to be done on this issue.
The report says that there has been a reduction of 300 million in the number of smokers in the whole world. The number of smokers has decreased from 22.8 percent in the year 2007 to 17 percent in the year 2021. The report claims that MPOWER measures have helped at least 71 percent of the global population, or 5.6 billion people. The number of countries implementing the MPOWER measure has increased to 151 in 2022, up from 44 in 2008 when the campaign was launched. The report commends four countries, Brazil, the Netherlands, Turkey and Mauritius, which have successfully implemented all measures.
87 lakh people dying every year from tobacco
The report also states that despite many efforts, about 8.7 million people die every year from tobacco, out of which 1.3 million deaths are recorded, who did not smoke but were around people who smoke. Was doing. Four lakh deaths due to heart diseases also happened to such people who did not smoke but left the world untimely because of living with such people. Unfortunately, 51 thousand children, teenagers, youth below the age of 20 years left the world without smoking. Second hand smoking was found to be the main cause of these deaths. Second hand smoking means that you do not drink but there are people around you who smoke regularly.
WHO report and India
India has made progress in this matter. Health warning is registered on both sides of 85 percent of cigarette packs, which comes in top 10 countries. Means the warning can be clearly seen in India. India has banned the sale of e-cigarettes. Smoking is also banned in educational institutions. Considerable progress has been seen in Bengaluru and other parts of the country including nine smoking display boards, campaign warning about the dangers of secondhand smoke etc. There are also some programs related to tobacco in India. In these, the E-Cigarette Prohibition Ordinance-2019, the National Tobacco Control Program and the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Trade, Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Rules 2023 are applicable.
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