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Shocking report: Smoking will kill 2 million by 2030 in China
Beijing, Oct 9: Around 2 million people mostly under 20 in China will die due to smoking, said a new research report.
According to the study conducted by scientists from Oxford University, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and the Chinese Center for Disease Control has revealed this shocking information.
The
scientists
conducted
two
nationwide
studies,
15
years
apart,
covering
hundreds
of
thousands
of
people.
If
current
trends
continue,
the
annual
number
of
tobacco
deaths
in
China,
mostly
among
men,
will
reach
two
million
by
2030,
the
research
said
calling
it
a
"growing
epidemic
of
premature
death".
The study report, published in The Lancet medical journal, says two-thirds of men in China now start to smoke before 20.
Chinese people consumes over a third of the world's cigarettes, and has a sixth of the global smoking death toll.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), globally tobacco kills up to half of its users.
OneIndia News
