1.3 million lives lost every year to cancers caused by tobacco smoking in 7 countries: Lancet study
New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI) Over 1.3 million lives are lost every year to cancers caused by smoking tobacco across seven countries, including India, according to a study published in The Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine journal.
Researchers found that together, the seven countries — India, China, the UK, Brazil, Russia, the US and South Africa — represented more than half of the global burden of cancer deaths every year.
They noted that smoking, as well as three other preventable risk factors — alcohol, obesity, and human papillomavirus (HPV) infections — caused almost two million deaths combined.
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