Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Number of smokers worldwide shrinking: WHO

Number of smokers worldwide shrinking: WHO

GENEVA: The number of smokers worldwide has dropped steadily in recent years, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, urging countries to step up control measures further to kick deadly tobacco addiction. In 2020, some 1.30 billion people were using tobacco globally, down from 1.32 billion two years earlier, the WHO said in a fresh report. … Read more