Tobacco in developing countries _______

"Tobacco use is growing fastest in low-income countries, due to steady population growth coupled with tobacco industry targeting, ensuring that millions of people become fatally addicted each year. More than 80% of the world's tobacco-related deaths will be in low- and middle-income countries by 2030..." read more >>

Tobacco epidemic _______

"...unless urgent action is taken, the number of smokers worldwide will continue to increase... unlike many other dangerous substances, for which the health impacts may be immediate, tobacco-related disease usually does not begin for years or decades after tobacco use starts. Because developing countries are still in the early stages of the tobacco epidemic, they have yet to experience the full impact of tobacco- related disease and death already evident in wealthier countries where tobacco use has been common for much of the past century...." read more >>