India's record with 2nd highest in the world
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, Jun 01, 2018, 02:36 PM
New Delhi, June 01: Here is the news has emerged that, India has a second highest number of smokers in the world, according to the survey by WHO.
With 106 million smokers aged 15 or above, India stands next to China in the winner podium, which (China) has the highest number of smokers in the world.
Indonesia ranks third with 74 million smokers out of the world's 1.1 billion.
As many as 200 million of the world's 367 million smokeless tobacco users are in India, the report (2016 estimates) highlighted.
The WHO estimates that, worldwide, there are at least 367 million smokeless tobacco users aged 15 years or over. More males used smokeless tobacco products (237 million) than females (129 million).