The World Health Organization said that global tobacco consumption has fallen by around 30% over the past 20 years. The announcement was made on Tuesday by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

According to him, since the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control came into force, worldwide tobacco use has dropped by nearly one-third. He also noted that the downward trend in tobacco consumption continues across 140 countries.

The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was signed in 2003 and entered into force in 2005.