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❗️Secondhand smoke takes 1,7 million lives a year
A study showed that in 2023, 2,71 billion people breathed other people's tobacco smoke — one in three people on the planet.
According to researchers' estimates, secondhand smoke caused 1,66 million premature deaths. Among those affected were 767 million children under 15 years old and about 1,49 billion women. Most deaths were linked to ischemic heart disease; risks of stroke and cancer also increase.
In children, approximately 5,2 million cases of lower respiratory tract infections were recorded in 2023. Researchers emphasize: there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke.
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