SMOKING KILLS FIVE MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR

Tobacco use kills at least five million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don't take stronger measures to combat smoking, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday.

In a new report on tobacco use and control, the UN agency said nearly 95 per cent of the global population is unprotected by laws banning smoking. WHO said secondhand smoking kills about 600,000 people every year.