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By World Health Organization. Study in 2002
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— About a third of the male adult global population smokes.
— Smoking related-diseases kill one in 10 adults globally, or cause four million deaths. By 2030, if current trends continue, smoking will kill one in six people.
— Every eight seconds, someone dies from tobacco use.
— Smoking is on the rise in the developing world but falling in developed nations. Among Americans, smoking rates shrunk by nearly half in three decades (from the mid-1960s to mid-1990s), falling to 23% of adults by 1997. In the developing world, tobacco consumption is rising by 3.4% per year.
— About 15 billion cigarettes are sold daily - or 10 million every minute.
— Cigarettes cause more than one in five American deaths.
— Among WHO Regions, the Western Pacific Region - which covers East Asia and the Pacific - has the highest smoking rate, with nearly two-thirds of men smoking.
— About one in three cigarettes are consumed in the Western Pacific Region.
— The tobacco market is controlled by just a few corporations - namely American, British and Japanese multinational conglomerates. Among youth
— Among young teens (aged 13 to 15), about one in five smokes worldwide.
— Between 80,000 and 100,000 children worldwide start smoking every day - roughly half of whom live in Asia.
— Evidence shows that around 50% of those who start smoking in adolescent years go on to smoke for 15 to 20 years.
— Peer-reviewed studies show teenagers are heavily influenced by tobacco advertising.
— About a quarter of youth alive in the Western Pacific Region will die from smoking. Health
— Half of long-term smokers will die from tobacco use. Every cigarette smoked cuts at least five minutes of life on average - about the time taken to smoke it.
— More than 4,000 toxic or carcinogenic chemicals have been found in tobacco smoke.
— One survey found that 60% of Chinese adults did not know that smoking can cause lung cancer while 96% were unaware it can cause heart disease.
– At least a quarter of all deaths from heart diseases and about three-quarters of world’s chronic bronchitis are related to smoking.
—Smoking-related diseases cost the United States more than $150 billion a year. Source: World Health Organization. Study in 2002
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By Anti-smoking.org
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Anti-smoking.org posted the following statistics on their site:
— “Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death and disease. Cigarettes cause more deaths than cocaine, auto accidents, AIDS, alcohol, heroin, fire, suicide and homicide combined.
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By ABDUSSALAM MOHAMED, Senior Staff Writer
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‘I felt like I was living my last day on Earth’
Is it halal or haram? When kicking the habit is not that easy |
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By SAAQIB RANGOONWALA, Staff Writer
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — More than two weeks after beginning a water and food strike, Sami Al-Arian began drinking water on March 20, but remains on a hunger strike. According to the Web site, freesamialarian.com, Al-Arian was not offered an IV nor treated for any of the symptoms he has experienced throughout his strike, including chest pains, severe dehydration and headaches. |
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By InFocus News Staff and News Agencies
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LOS ANGELES — As the United States prepares to send more than 20,000 troops to Iraq as part of a new security plan and to further reconstruction efforts, anti-war opposition remains strong. Despite the cold weather and scattered showers, thousands of protesters gathered in Los Angeles and in cities all over the world on March 15 to mark the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. |
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