70% died due to smoking in developing countries
Monday, January 07, 2008
Phnom Penh: Since there is 70% of the dead due to smoking, government must adopt a draft on Tobacco Checking in order to decrease this serious concern. Owing to a report from World Health Organization in 2005, at least 5 million people have died every year because of tobacco using and 70% of them are from developing countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and so on. The same report has warned that during 2020-2030, the number of the dead will dramatically increase over 50%. It means that there will be 10 million people die related to tobacco harm. Regarding to WHO, Cambodians have spent 70 million dollars per year on cigarette and about 90% of patients are suffered by lung cancer. So far there have been more than 10 cigarette fatories and over 200 brands of cigarette in Cambodia.
