
Motivating youth to stay tobacco free
[PHP Nepal Vol 3 Issue 6 June 2013] | According to World Health Organization (WHO) report on the global tobacco epidemic 2011, tobacco use continues to be the leading global cause of preventable death. It kills nearly six million people and causes hundreds of billions of dollars of economic damage worldwide each year. Most of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, and this disparity is expected to widen further over the next several decades. It is also stated in the report that if current trends continue, by 2030 tobacco will kill more than 8 million people worldwide each year, with 80% of these premature deaths among people living in low- and middle-income countries.