SMOKING STATISTICS WORLDWIDE

SMOKING STATISTICS WORLDWIDE

 Pakistan Professor Javaid A. Khan, Consultant Chest Physician at AKUH, speaking on the ill-effects of smoking at a seminar held at Aga Khan University, Karachi on October 12, 2004. “40% men & 8% women in Pakistan are regular smokers. 100,000 people die every year from Tobacco related diseases. If we don’t take any action, the current global death rate of 5 million per year from tobacco use will increase to 10 million per year by 2025.” A 2008 survey of 450 students in Karachi found that 64.2 percent of males and 37.9 percent of females had smoked a `shisha’ at least once in their lifetime; 77.3 percent of males and 33.3 percent of females smoked a `shisha’ regularly. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Pakistan’s population of 160 million includes 22-25 million tobacco smokers; 36 percent of adult males and 9 percent of adult females smoke.

India - 900,000 Indians die because of smoking each year year. China - 1.2 million people die because of smoking each year. That's 2,000 people a day. Japan - smoking is the leading cause of death and is responsible for 20% of all cancers. 50 percent of men and 14 percent of women smoke. Russia - smoking kills between 400,000 and 500,000 Russians every year from smoking ailments. Indonesia - 200,000 people die each year of smoking-related diseases. Germany - 140,000 Germans die every year from tobacco-related illnesses. UK - 90,000 people die from smoking each year. USA - 443,000 Americans die because of smoking each year.

Secondhand smoke kills about 50,000 of them. 1,000 teens become new smokers every day in the United States Turkey - around 110,000 people each year die of smoking-related illnesses, according to official figures. France - there are about 66,000 smoking-related deaths each year Mexico - around 65,000 people die because of smoking each year. The country has 105 million people. Spain - 50,000 die because of smoking each year. About 30 percent of Spaniards smoke. Iran - 50,000 Iranians die each year from tobacco related illnesses, according to the government. 200,000 Iranian projected to die from smoking by 2019. Canada - 37,000 people die from smoking every year, according to the Ministry of Health. Egypt - 34,000 tobacco-related deaths each year. Saudi Arabia - 22,000 Saudis die of smoking related diseases every year, according to the Anti-Smoking Society. South Africa - 44,000 adults die each year from smoking, according to the NCAS [National Council Against Smoking]. Greece - 20,000 people die of smoking-related diseases each year. Australia - 15,000 to 19,000 Australians deaths each year are caused by smoking.