The Tobacco Menace In India
800,000 deaths every year are related to tobacco
Tobacco kills more people than AIDS, alcohol,
cocaine, homicide, suicide, motor vehicle
crashes, and fires combined!
150,000 cancers per year is caused in
150,000 cancers per year is caused in
India due to tobacco.
4.2 million heart diseases every year
4.2 million heart diseases every year
in Indians is caused by tobacco.
3.7 million lung diseases in every year
55,000 children every day in India
3.7 million lung diseases in every year
55,000 children every day in India
start using tobacco
5 million children under the age of
5 million children under the age of
fifteen are addicted to tobacco.
10%-40% of school students and
10%-40% of school students and
70% of students in colleges in Mumbai
chew gutka & paan masala.
142 million men and 72 million
women above the age of 15 years142 million men and 72 million
are tobacco consumers in the world.
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