What is the rank of India in terms of largest numbers of current tobacco smokers?

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 28 May 2021

What is the rank of India in terms of largest numbers of current tobacco smokers?

A. 1st

B. 2nd

C. 3rd

4. 4th

Explanation:

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. 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.

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