New Delhi: A recent report by KPMG Assurance & Consulting Services LLP in collaboration with ET Edge, titled ‘Human-centred approach to tobacco control’, revealed that India with 27% of Indian adults uses tobacco in the world. It ranks second in the population. Engaged in tobacco consumption. The report said it is imperative and important to create a holistic roadmap towards tobacco control that is rooted in reducing the harms caused by tobacco. Offering tobacco users a diverse range of less harmful alternatives will help move individuals toward quitting tobacco, leading to a projected 50% reduction in annual deaths globally due to tobacco-related diseases by 2060.
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2024-05-01 17:14:09