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Because there is a lag of several years between when people start using tobacco and when their health suffers, the epidemic of disease and death (as it appears today) has just begun in this world. Millions are going to die due to tobacco.

100 million deaths were caused by tobacco in the 20th century. If current trends continue, there will be up to one billion deaths in the 21st century.
Unchecked, tobacco-related deaths will increase to more than eight million a year by 2030, and 80% of those deaths will occur in the developing world.

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The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)

The FCTC is the first international treaty negotiated under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO), aimed at curbing tobacco-related deaths and disease.

The FCTC was unanimously adopted by 192 nations at the World Health Assembly (WHA) on 21st May 2003. Among its many tobacco control measures, the FCTC requires countries to impose restrictions on tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion, establish new packaging and labeling of tobacco products with strong health warnings, establish clean indoor air controls by imposing restrictions on smoking in public places and strengthening legislation to clamp down on illicit trade in tobacco products.

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