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Mock funeral for tobacco

NEW DELHI, MAY 30. Health activists in Delhi held a mock funeral of an effigy representing tobacco today, urging people to stop using it.

The awareness campaign comes on the eve of the World Anti-Tobacco Day on Monday and two weeks after India enforced a ban on smoking in public places.

Among the world's 25 highest cigarette consumers, Indians accounted for one-fifth of the four million people who died last year due to tobacco-related diseases.

According to World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates, over 500,000 people die every year due to tobacco use and with the current trend, the number will rise to 10 million in 2030, the majority of deaths occurring in developing countries.

ANI

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