Smoking causes one in ten deaths globally: Study
According to a US-based study, 11.5% of deaths around the world in 2015 were caused due to smoking. The researchers found there were around 6.4 million deaths attributed to smoking, half of which were in four populous countries namely China, India, USA, and Russia. The study mentions there were nearly one billion smokers in 2015, 933 million being daily smokers.