Tobacco kills 6 million worldwide annually – WHO

Six million people worldwide die as a result of complications from long term use of tobacco.

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According to the report, there are

The report further noted that tobacco control policies such as increasing prices and taxes and could greatly improve governments resources to deal with the health aftermath of tobacco use.

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However, "left unchecked, the tobacco industry and the deadly impact of its products cost the world’s economies more than US$ 1 trillion annually in healthcare expenditures and lost productivity, according to findings published in The economics of tobacco and tobacco control", the report said.

Some diseases associated with smoking include lung cancer and heart failure.