One in eight deaths was caused by exposure to tobacco. This is the largest risk factor of death among men. The World Health Organization Uses countries to take action, such as increased taxes on nicotine products.
Exhibition to tobacco will have caused the death of more than 7 million people worldwide in 2023. The estimate is made by the from the University of Washingtonwhich speaks of 24.4% of the global death rate.
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“Exposure to tobacco is one of the most significant risk factors identified in the study of the global cargo of morbidity 2023, contributing to aproxedly one in eight deaths worldwide” Brooks Morgan, researcher at the Institute of Metrics and Health Assessment,.
Tobacco continues To be o Greater risk factor for men. Hervee 5,59 milhões ofMale people who died due to tobacco in the year in question. Among women, tobacco is the seventh cause of death – there were 1.77 million deaths associated with smoke.
A greatest climb the number of deaths caused by tobacco was in the Egyptwhere, between 1990 and 2023, the mortality rate rose 124.2%.
“These trends expose the urgent need to accelerate the stronger implementation of strategies that reduce tobacco consumption,” he defended Brooks Morgan.
WHO requires countries to combat cigarettes and vapes
A uttered countries to go furtherno fightaor tobacco and new nicotine products, as os vapesincreased taxes on them and placing graphic images on the packaging of these products.
“The tobacco industry continues to evolve, imposing new products directed on young people and working to corrode our progress,” said the director-general TedrosAdhanomGhebreyesus.
“There is no healthy tobacco and talking about reduced risk products, often, it’s just conversation to increase industry profits. We have to adopt a zero tolerance approach.”defended.
