Study: Smoking Will Kill 8 Million A Year By 2030

<b> by Andrew Caringi</b>A new study</a> by the World Health Organization projects that smoking will kill eight million people per year by 2030 and that 80 percent of these deaths will occur in low and middle-income countries. In 2016, smoking killed approximately six million and cost more than $1 trillion in health care expenses and lost productivity worldwide. These costs vastly outweigh global revenues from tobacco taxes, which in 2013 to 2014 totaled only $269 billion. Smoking continues to be the biggest preventable cause of death globally and this trend will likely continue according to the study. 
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