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New study published in Tobacco Control journal that predicted countries could reduce the global adult smoking rate by 44 percent by 2030.

New report published by World Heart Federation, World Health Organization and the International Tobacco Control Project on public awareness of the risks of tobacco use and second hand smoke to heart health.

In 2012, it is estimated that 2 million people will die from TB and over 8 million new cases of the disease will develop.

"Our goal of reversing a catastrophic wave of deaths just got one step closer to being achieved."

In 2010, tobacco industry’s profit was equivalent to US$6,000 for each death caused by tobacco. Since the 1st Tobacco Atlas in 2002, almost 50 million people have died from tobacco. 43 trillion cigarettes have been smoked in the last decade.

The campaign, called “Tips From Former Smokers,” is the first of its kind from a federal agency in the United States.

The report, Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults, finds that more than 600,000 middle school students and 3 million high school students smoke.

New Campaign Facebook Page To Provide Support For People Seeking to Quit.

The Ministry of Health of the State of Tabasco, Mexico, today launched a new graphic mass media campaign called "Quit Smoking, It’s Worth It".

Calls for governments to enact legislation to require plain packaging for cigarettes, citing it as perhaps the best “unwrapped” gift to public health in 2012.