For the first time in 20 years, the number of smokers in the world began to decline, World Health Organization said in a report.
According to the data for 2019, there are more than 1.34 billion smokers in the world today, and 80% of them are men, Daily Mail reported.
About 235 million women are smokers. However, a report that analyzed all the information from 2000 to 2018 suggested that the number of male smokers this year decreased for the first time in history.
If in 2018 it reached its peak of 1.093 billion, as WHO statistics show, in 2019 their number decreased by 2 million people. The total number of smokers should decrease by 60 million. New statistics, according to experts, show that the worldwide fight against smoking on a global scale has finally begun to bear fruit (over the years, WHO experts have observed a steady increase in the number of men, consuming deadly tobacco products). It's not only about cigarettes, but also about the use of tobacco in any of its other forms, including smokeless products and pipes.
Scientists attribute this success to the tougher measures that governments in various countries are taking to combat tobacco use. Tobacco products contain toxic substances, including mercury, lead, formaldehyde, and resins that cause various types of tumors, heart disease, strokes, senile dementia, and severe respiratory system infections like asthma and bronchitis.
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