More than 10% of global deaths were attributable to smoking
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Smoking causes huge number of life loss and disease burden. A research study recently published in the reputable medical journal “The Lancet” found that 11.5% of global deaths were attributable to smoking in 2015.
The research team synthesized more than 2,800 data sources and generated estimates on smoking-attributable mortality and disease burden for 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2015.
The research found that number of smokers was over 900 million in 2015. Daily smoking prevalence was 25% for men and 5.4% for women, representing 28.4% and 34.4% reductions, respectively, since 1990. The smoking prevalence of males from 15 to 19 years old fell from 16.1% of 1990 to 10.6%, and from 4.8% to 3% for females.
Despite a fall was recorded in smoking prevalence, over 6 million deaths in the world were attributable to smoking in 2015, which accounted for 11.5% of the total deaths and recorded a 4.7% increase compared to 2005. Of them, over half took place in 4 countries, namely China, India, United States and Russia. In 109 countries, smoking was ranked among the five leading risk factors of such burden.
The findings indicate that the public health burden triggered by tobacco consumption was heightened in spite of the decreased smoking prevalence. As such, smoking prevention, cessation promotion and the implementation of comprehensive tobacco control policies are important to the improvement of public health. The Government should not overlook the smoking hazards, and should formulate and strengthen the comprehensive tobacco control measures to assure the health of the public.