Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many of its users when used exactly as intended by manufacturers.”

Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many of its users when used exactly as intended by manufacturers.”

“Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many of its users when used exactly as intended by manufacturers.” That is the first sentence of the World Health Organization’s 2015 global report on smoking trends around the world. Smoking around the world On its website, the World Health Organization says that in 2015, over 1.1 billion people smoked tobacco. The organization also states that while tobacco use is decreasing in many countries, it “appears to be increasing in WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region and the African Region.” The WHO lists on its websites these three important facts about tobacco use: • Tobacco kills up to half of its users. • Tobacco kills more than 7 million people each year. More than 6 million of those deaths are from direct tobacco use. Around 890, 000 non-smokers die from second-hand smoke. • Nearly 80% of the world’s more than 1 billion smokers live in low- and middle-income countries. In 2016, the World Bank report “The global state of smoking in 5 charts,” said that from 2000 to 2015 smoking rates went up in 27 countries. The report said most of them were low and middle-income countries. The report added that in Indonesia, the rate went up by almost 30 percent. It said more than 70 million people smoke in Indonesia. The WHO says there is a “tobacco crisis.” Experts say that if we do nothing to change this trend, the number of people who die from tobacco each year worldwide will rise to 8 million by 2030. The article also states that in every country, the smoking rates for men are much higher than those for women.