The number of smokers worldwide has increased to 1.1 billion in 2019

With tobacco smoking causing 7.7 million deaths, including 1 in 5 deaths in males worldwide it was reviled that the number of smokers worldwide has increased to 1.1 billion in 2019.

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China (26·5 million), India (19·8 million), and Indonesia (9·91 million) are among the top three countries with the largest numbers of current tobacco smokers aged 15–24 years in 2019 and accounted for 55·9% of total tobacco smokers in this age group.

In 2019, global prevalence of smoking tobacco use among males aged 15-24 years was 20.1 %% and among females was 4.95% . In 2019, an estimated 155 million individuals aged 15–24 years globally were tobacco smokers.

In 2019, smoking was associated with 1.7 million deaths from ischaemic heart disease, 1.6 million deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 1.3 million deaths from tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer, and nearly 1 million deaths from stroke.

Of particular concern are the persistently high rates of smoking among young people, with over half of countries worldwide showing no progress in reducing smoking among 15-24 year olds. 89% of new smokers become addicted by age 25.

The study have been published in The Lancet and The Lancet Public Health journals by the Global Burden of Disease collaboration.