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Global Crises Disrupt Effort To Get Millions To Quit Smoking: Report
The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and wars have combined to hamper global governments' plans to reduce tobacco use, derailing efforts to get an estimated 95 million people to stop smoking, a report endorsed by 57 campaign groups said on Friday.
Global crises disrupt effort to get millions to quit smoking, report says
LONDON - The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and wars have combined to hamper global governments' plans to reduce tobacco use, derailing efforts to get an estimated 95 million people to stop smoking, a report endorsed by 57 campaign groups said on Friday.
The Covid-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and wars have contributed to the fact that many countries of the world are failing to reduce the number of smokers at the pace they set for themselves. According to a report by a group of NGOs, there are now 95 million more smokers in the world than the 168 signatories to the World Health Organization's tobacco control agreement should be. This was reported by Reuters. It is important to set an example …
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The tobacco epidemic kills more than 8 million people annually—yet, unlike COVID-19, it hasn’t spurred urgent global prevention efforts. According to WHO, over 7 million of these deaths are due to direct tobacco use, while 1.3 million result from second-hand smoke. With 80% of the world’s 1.3 billion tobacco users living in low- and middle-income countries, the burden is especially severe where healthcare systems are already strained. So, why do…
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