Quitting smoking: the most important policy for future protection

Nation World News
May 29, 2023

Quitting smoking: the most important policy for future protection


Tobacco use is one of the biggest public health challenges worldwide and has become one of the main risk factors for diseases such as COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), the third leading cause of death in the country. Each year, more than eight million people die from tobacco, of which seven million are caused by direct consumption and more than one million by secondhand smoke.