Avoiding tobacco adds 20 years to the life of a teenager.
In India, 900,000 people die due to tobacco related diseases per year.
In India The tobacco contributes to 56.4% and 44.9% of cancers in men and women, respectively.
India has the largest number of oral cancer cases in the world which is due to tobacco.
Tobacco smoking accounts for 82% of Chronic obstructive lung disease in India.
Tobacco indirectly causes lung tuberculosis. Prevalence of TB is about 3 times as great among the ever-smokers as among the never-smokers. The heavier the smoking, either cigarettes or bidis, the greater the prevalence of TB among smokers. Mortality from TB is 3 to 4 times as great in ever-smokers as in never-smokers.
About half of the teenagers who use tobacco will eventually be killed by it (about a quarter in middle age and a quarter in old age).
It is estimated that India as compared to any other country will have the fastest rise in tobacco related deaths each year.
