Passive Smoking Kills 600,000

According to a new report by World Health Organization(WHO), passive smoking causes death to over 600,000 people worldwide every year.

The study, in 192 countries, found that passive smoking is particularly dangerous for children.About 165,000 of children die from it.The researchers also said that 2/3 of those deaths are in South East Asia and Africa.

They found that worldwide, 40% of children, 33% of male non-smokers and 35% of female non-smokers were subjected to passive smoking. They estimated that in 2004 this caused:
  • 379,000 deaths from ischaemic heart disease
  • 165,000 deaths from lower respiratory infections
  • 36,900 deaths from asthma
  • 21,400 deaths from lung cancer

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  2. That is very sad knowing that thousands of killed due to passive smoking. It's all about awareness we have about such a fatal environment. Thank you for sharing very nice post.

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  3. Smoking kills. Care for your loved ones and spread the message.

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