The significant increase in the number of deaths, which already account for half of all the reported last-century, is mainly due to the dramatic increase in the consumption of snuff in developing countries, which means that about 80 percent of people who die from causes related to this consumption reside in these countries. And is that while in developed countries has decreased the number of smokers in lower income countries continues to increase. Moreover, they have also changed the consumption patterns of the population of the rich countries, and increasingly there are more female smokers , which has led to an increase of those with lung cancer , among other disorders caused by snuff .
The snuff is a problem of public health of the first magnitude in some countries, such as China, which has become the leading cause of death, causing the death of 1.2 million people annually, a figure that is expected to nearly triple by 2030. Also mortality from diseases related to snuff increases more and more in other Asian countries as well as Africa and the Middle East.
In addition to the damage on the health of people and increased early mortality rate, it is estimated that the economic costs involved in treating diseases caused by smoking or exposure to second hand smoke suffer further decline of labor productivity of affected, is about one to two percent of gross domestic product (GDP) annual world.
Experts like Peter Baldini, chief executive of the World Lung Foundation, say that tobacco companies are trying to circumvent government policies against snuff, and take advantage of the lack of information of the population in countries with fewer resources about their effects harmful to health. To counter the efforts of the industry snuff, 170 countries have just signed an agreement of the World Health Organization, which is committed to reducing the number of smokers and limit smoke exposure of nonsmokers, and also stop promoting this addictive substance.
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