Deaths from passive smoking in India rose 50% since 1990, highlighting urgent need for tobacco control measures.

In the UK alone, researchers estimated that second-hand smoke was responsible for 6,100 deaths in 2023 - making it deadlier than diseases such as bladder cancer.

More than 2.7 billion people worldwide, including 767 million children, were exposed to second-hand smoke in 2023, contributing to nearly 1.7 million deaths, a Lancet study said…

Deaths from second-hand smoke in India rose nearly fifty percent by 2023. This occurred even as overall death rates improved by about thirty percent. The population exposed to…