Advocacy for tobacco control in India - A step forward

摘要

Tobacco use is the main cause of preventable death in the world today, accounting for nearly six million deaths each year. This is higher than the number of deaths due to tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and malaria combined.1'2 In the next two decades, the annual death toll from tobacco is expected to rise to over 8 million, with more than 80% of these deaths expected to occur in low- and middle-income countries.