"I'm astounded at the depths the tobacco industry will go to pursue profits at the expense of countless lives," says the World Health Organization's director of health promotion, Ruediger Krech.

The number of adult tobacco users has dropped steadily in recent years, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, but it warned Big Tobacco is working hard to reverse that trend.

In 2022, about one-in-five adults around the world were smokers or consumed other tobacco products, compared to one-in-every-three in 2000, the United Nations health agency said.

A fresh report looking at trends in the prevalence of tobacco use between 2000 and 2030 showed that 150 countries were successfully reducing it, the WHO said.

  • @dogslayeggs
    7•11 months ago

    Based on my walks through Europe this year, it hasn’t lowered at all. Sooo many people smoke over there.

    EDIT: Not saying it hasn’t lowered, just that I wasn’t able to notice much difference in my vacations to Europe compared to 15 years ago. I don’t live there, so maybe it’s only noticeable to people who see it everyday compared to me almost never seeing smokers in the US.