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Tobacco and noncommunicable diseases

4 May 2023

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Overview

There are 1.3 billion tobacco users around the world. Half of them will die from a tobacco-related disease.
Most of the deaths and disabilities attributable to tobacco are due to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases. The main types of NCD are cardiovascular diseases (such as heart attack and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes.
Tobacco use is one of the major risk factors for NCDs.

WHO Team

Tobacco (TOB)

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World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

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