| Photo Credit: REUTERSmore-inFrom 19.4% in 2000, the prevalence of smoking tobacco in India dropped down to 11.5% in 2005, according to a World Health Organisation report released on Thursday. The report projected the prevalence to drop down further to 9.8% by 2020 and 8.5% by 2025. While the report only covered tobacco usage in the form of smoking, India has a large population of chewing tobacco users, thus posing additional burden. “The drop in smoking prevalence is in sync with the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) outcome. In China, over 60% of the population was unaware that smoking could cause heart attacks, said the Global Adult Tobacco Survey.

Source: The Hindu May 31, 2018 16:23 UTC