Usage Health effects of tobacco

though tobacco may consumed either smoking or other smokeless methods such chewing, world health organization (who) collects data on smoked tobacco. smoking has therefore been studied more extensively other form of tobacco consumption.

in 2000, smoking practiced 1.22 billion people, predicted rise 1.45 billion people in 2010 , 1.5 1.9 billion 2025. if prevalence had decreased 2% year since 2000 figure have been 1.3 billion in 2010 , 2025. despite dropping 0.4 percent 2009 2010, united states still reports average of 17.9 percent usage.

as of 2002, twenty percent of young teens (13–15) smoke worldwide, 80,000 100,000 children taking addiction every day—roughly half of whom live in asia. half of begin smoking in adolescent years projected go on smoke 15 20 years.

the states of disease burden , premature mortality attributable tobacco use disproportionately affect poor . of 1.22 billion smokers, 1 billion of them live in developing or transitional nations. rates of smoking have leveled off or declined in developed world. in developing world, however, tobacco consumption rising 3.4% per year of 2002.

the in 2004 projected 58.8 million deaths occur globally, 5.4 million tobacco-attributed, , 4.9 million of 2007. of 2002, 70% of deaths in developing countries.

the shift in prevalence of tobacco smoking younger demographic, in developing world, can attributed several factors. tobacco industry spends $12.5 billion annually on advertising, increasingly geared towards adolescents in developing world because vulnerable audience marketing campaigns. adolescents have more difficulty understanding long-term health risks associated smoking , more influenced images of romance, success, sophistication, popularity, , adventure advertising suggests achieve through consumption of cigarettes . shift in marketing towards adolescents , children in tobacco industry debilitating organizations’ , countries’ efforts improve child health , mortality in developing world. reverses or halts effects of work has been done improve health care in these countries, , although smoking deemed voluntary health risk, marketing of tobacco towards impressionable adolescents in developing world makes less of voluntary action , more of inevitable shift.

many government regulations have been passed protect citizens harm caused public environmental tobacco smoke. pro-children act of 2001 prohibits smoking within facility provides health care, day care, library services, or elementary , secondary education children in usa.

on may 23, 2011, new york city enforced smoking ban parks, beaches, , pedestrian malls in attempt eliminate threats posed civilians environmental tobacco smoke.