In his loneliness, the pipe became the companion, but in his last words, lied remorse for his choice! Theme : Harmful effects of Smoking. According to the World Health Organization, tobacco kills more than 7 million people each year. Over 6 million deaths are a result of direct consumption, whereas 8,90,000 are the result of passive smoking. Nearly 100 million premature deaths have been recorded in the 20th century and the figure is set to increase to 1 billion by the end of the 21st century . Smoking kills over one million people in India annually and is the fourth leading cause of non-communicable diseases (NCD) such as cancer and heart diseases, which account for 53 per cent of all deaths in India. Today, on the #worldnotobaccoday collaborate with Democrats & Dissenters and spread the awareness regarding the harmful effects of smoking by composing a #2linestory on the given theme.
