Global data estimates nearly eight million deaths from smoking in 2019

Global data estimates nearly eight million deaths from smoking in 2019 (Jonathan Brady/PA)

There were nearly eight million deaths associated with smoking in 2019, and 89% of new smokers were addicted by the age of 25, global data suggests.

The number of smokers worldwide increased to 1.1 billion in 2019, with tobacco smoking causing 7.7 million deaths – including one in five deaths in males worldwide.