Nine in 10 smokers start before they are 18 years old, warns WHO

Friday, 29 May 2020 14:36

Tobacco products continue to kill eight million people a year who get hooked via a $9 billion a year marketing strategy. That’s the warning from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday, which has said that even during a global pandemic, the tobacco and nicotine industry has continued to promote products that limit people’s ability to fight new coronavirus and recover from the disease. For this year’s World No Tobacco Day – marked on 31 May – the...Request free trial