Every 100 days = 300.000 people died of tobacco related diseases

Every 100 days = 300.000 people died of tobacco related diseases in
Western Pasfic region alone.

The Tsunami engulfed life of ONLY 250.000 people in Aceh alone and we
all so compassion to help. Billion of dollars pouring in..

But why we keep quite of this disaster from tobacco? I dont understand.

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World's first anti-smoking treaty becomes law

Shanghai Star. 2005-03-03

Manila The world's first tobacco control treaty, the World Health
Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), becomes
binding international law on Sunday, February 27.

One of the most rapidly embraced UN treaties of all time, the FCTC is
aimed at improving global health by reducing tobacco consumption,
currently the cause of premature death for nearly five million people
every year.

"Every year, five million people die from tobacco-related diseases. In
the Western Pacific Region alone,

3,000 people die each day from tobacco use,?stated Dr Shigeru Omi,
director of WHO's Western Pacific Region. "Now we have the global
tools to fight a global problem. It's time for all countries to join
the battle.?

The FCTC is intended to control what has become the second biggest
killer in the world. Tobacco consumption is the single leading
preventable cause of death. It will prematurely end the lives of 10
million people a year by 2020 if current trends are not reversed.

Tobacco is the only legal product that causes the death of one half of
its regular users. This means that of the current 1.3 billion smokers
worldwide, 650 million people will die prematurely due to tobacco.

Convention provisions set international standards on tobacco price and
tax increases, tobacco advertising and sponsorship, labelling, illicit
trade and second-hand smoke.

The FCTC was unanimously adopted by the Fifty-sixth World Health
Assembly in May 2003, following almost three years of negotiations. In
2004, around 167 countries and the European Union signed the treaty
and 23 countries became contracting parties. As of February 23, a
total of 57 countries had ratified the convention.

(Star News)