Smoking is a growing phenomenon despite its harmful consequences

Tobacco smoking is today by far the most popular form of smoking and is practiced by over one billion people in the majority of all human societies

Tobacco smoking is today by far the most popular form of smoking and is practiced by over one billion people in the majority of all human societies.

Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable deathglobally

Many governments are trying to deter people from smoking with anti-smoking campaigns in mass media stressing the harmful long-term effects of smoking.

Among the diseases that can be caused by smoking are vascular stenosis, lung cancer, heart attacks and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.