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Awards for tangible work in "Tobacco Control"

Last year 'Tobacco Free India Coalition' in association with 'Burning Brain Society (BBS),' had instituted an annual award for effective action against tobacco. The list of winners of the first edition of the "Tobacco Warrior Awards" are likely to be announced by TFI Coalition in May 2010. The awards shall be given to individuals and organisations contributing their bit to save a million lives lost every year to tobacco in India.

Currently tobacco kills nearly 5.4 million people per annum worldwide, out of which every fifth person is an Indian. According to WHO, Tobacco caused 100 million deaths in the 20th century. If current trends continue, there could be up to one billion deaths (Equivalent to current population of India) in the 21st century. Tobacco remains the biggest cause of heart attacks and cancer. What is more unfortunate is that nearly eighty percent of tobacco-related deaths will occur in the developing countries like India within a few decades. The shift of tobacco from developed to developing countries is caused by a global tobacco industry marketing strategy that targets young people and adults in developing countries.

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Tobacco Facts

Tobacco use is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced.

There are more than one billion smokers in the world.
Globally, use of tobacco products is increasing, although it is decreasing in high-income countries.
Almost half of the world's children breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke.
The epidemic is shifting to the developing world.
More than 80% of the world's smokers live in low- and middle-income countries.
Tobacco use kills 5.4 million people a year - an average of one person every six seconds - and accounts for one in 10 adult deaths worldwide.
Tobacco kills up to half of all users.
It is a risk factor for six of the eight leading causes of deaths in the world.