This year, tobacco use will kill nearly six million people. Of that number, 600,000 will die because of exposure to second- hand tobacco smoke.
If current trends continue, the annual death toll could rise to eight million by 2030, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), with more than 80 percent of the deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries
"We have the means to prevent this needless tragedy. Political will is the key," Timothy O'Leary, WHO communications officer, told IPS.
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