NEWYORK: The World Health Organization Thursday stated that the smoking kills almost six million people across the world every year, Geo News reported.According to WHO, smoking has been the biggest...
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July 11, 2013
NEWYORK: The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday stated that the smoking kills almost six million people across the world every year, Geo News reported.
According to WHO, smoking has been the biggest reason of deaths across the world despite awareness campaigns against the addiction, adding that most of the deaths were witnessed in the countries having low per capita income.
WHO Director General Dr Margaret said that death rate due to smoking would increase up to eight million per year by 2030 if the trend continues.