Jump to full article: The Hindu Online (in), 2009-03-09
Intro: Tobacco use is expected to kill six million people worldwide and drain $500 billion from the global economy each year, reveals the latest edition of the "Tobacco Atlas" released here Monday.
The third edition of the "Tobacco Atlas" was released by union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss on the second day of the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health.
"In 2010, tobacco will kill six million people worldwide annually, 72 percent of whom will be in the low and middle income countries," says the atlas, which is a comprehensive volume of research on how the tobacco is devastating both global health and economies.
"Tobacco's estimated $500 billion drain on the world economy exceeds the total combined annual expenditure on health in all low and middle income countries."
Ramadoss described the report as a "glaring piece of information to control tobacco menace across world".
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