The most important factor that should not be neglected is the rate of recorded deaths caused by the use of Tobacco that occurred in each Country within the recorded year.

Secondly, the Age Bracket of Cigarette users and the frequency of use, it is important to identify the Age of Cigarette Users in order to identify them into certain categories and likewise the duration of use in order also to identify the nature of the History and the variable Cause.

Third, is the Tobacco Advertisers, this is considered the biggest concern in the society, cigarette advertising does make smoking acceptable to young ages,thus, smoking advertisers keep the smoking trend in demand.

Lastly, the indirect cause that is attributed to smoking, Peer pressure is considered one of the biggest contributor why many people smoke, many individuals started from just a single puff that turns into a habit.

Other factors also that affects the number of smokers or people who smoke Cigarettes around the World such as the Ex-smoker, Second Hand Smoker and the Law that covers Cigarette Smoking.

World Health Organization Smoking Statistics

Based from WHO fact Sheets released May 28,2002, One-third(1/3) of the Global Male Population Smokes. Every eight(8) seconds, someone dies due to use of Tobacco. 15 Billion+ of Cigarette Sticks are sold daily and 10 million+ are sold every minute. One in every three cigarettes are consumed in the Western Pacific part Region. Tobacco market is controlled by just a few American, British Corporations and Japanese Multinational Conglomerates. Tobacco consumption is rising in developing Countries while smoking rates shrunk in developed Nations.

World No Tobacco Day 2010

The theme for this 2010 is “Gender and tobacco with an emphasis on marketing to women“. It focuses on the Tobacco marketing to women and the need to protect men specially in the adolescence stage from the tobacco companies exploits and tactics.

for more details regarding WHO’s campaign about World Tobacco Day 2010 kindly visit their publication here.