‘The United Nations health and development agencies have warned that smoking and related diseases will claim 200 million lives and plunge tens of millions more into poverty in China this century.
According to a report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Friday, China will suffer an economic toll if it does not reduce its smoking population urgently.
China is the world’s largest consumer and producer of tobacco, and the industry provides the government with colossal sums of income. The Asian economic giant recorded 1.1 trillion yuan (160 billion dollars) in profits from the tobacco trade, up 20 percent annually, in 2015.
The Un agencies’ report, titled “The Bill China Cannot Afford,” estimated that the total annual economic costs of tobacco used in the country in 2014 was 350 billion yuan, ten times higher than 2,000.’
Read more: Smoking to kill 200 million in China this century: UN’s health agency

‘The United Nations health and development agencies have warned that smoking and related diseases will claim 200 million lives and plunge tens of millions more into poverty in China this century.
According to a report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Friday, China will suffer an economic toll if it does not reduce its smoking population urgently.
China is the world’s largest consumer and producer of tobacco, and the industry provides the government with colossal sums of income. The Asian economic giant recorded 1.1 trillion yuan (160 billion dollars) in profits from the tobacco trade, up 20 percent annually, in 2015.
The Un agencies’ report, titled “The Bill China Cannot Afford,” estimated that the total annual economic costs of tobacco used in the country in 2014 was 350 billion yuan, ten times higher than 2,000.’
Read more: Smoking to kill 200 million in China this century: UN’s health agency