WHO's latest report: one billion people this century have died due to haze

Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General with the New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday, jointly held a press conference a report. The World Health Organization's latest report warns that if governments and society does not strengthen the control of tobacco sales in this century, the world's one billion people may have died due to smoke damage.

According to the report: "In the 20th century, cigarettes have led to 100 million people were killed. If you do not take action to curb this situation continues, the number of deaths in the 21st century will be 10 times the last century."

The report also warned that by 2030, the world's 800 million people each year die of smoking-related diseases, of which 80% are in developing countries.

The report notes that low income countries, the number of smokers is increasing, it is because the increasing population in these countries, tobacco companies have also begun to shift the object of marketing, where every year eventually led to the death of millions of smokers.

According to the report, nearly two-thirds of the world's smokers concentrated in these 10 countries: China, India, Indonesia, Russia, the United States, Japan, Brazil, Bangladesh, Germany and Turkey.

Reported that the tobacco each year the global economic losses amounting to several trillion. In the United States alone, the annual losses estimated at 92 billion U.S. dollars.

According to the report, tobacco companies have spent hundreds of billions in developing countries, vigorously promotions. They are used in marketing and lobbying tool to be effective in wealthy countries, but has been banned.

The tobacco company's advertising targeting women and youth, luring them to smoke, they also put pressure on the government not to adopt measures to restrict tobacco sales or increase tobacco taxes.

The report notes that only 5% of the world's population, the implementation of smoke-free regulations by the State protection.

The report recommends six areas from the start to curb the harm caused by cigarettes. This includes monitoring the use of tobacco, and to take preventive measures.

The report also suggested that protection of the population, so that they stay away from cigarettes; to help smokers break the addiction; warning the harm caused by tobacco; ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship; raising taxes on cigarettes.

Reported that the reduction in the number of smokers, and to encourage people to quit smoking is the most effective way is to increase tobacco taxes. Tax increases of up to 70%, enough to fourth in the global prevention of smoking-related diseases, and these proposals are for each country there are ways to do so.