A new study reveals that India and six other countries experience the loss of 1.3 million lives due to cancers linked to tobacco every year. Funded by Cancer Research UK, the research indicates that these seven nations—India, US, UK, Russia, Brazil, China, and South Africa—account for over half of the global burden of cancer-related deaths annually.
Researchers from the Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and King’s College London emphasize that, in addition to smoking, nearly 2 million deaths are caused by three preventable risk factors: alcohol, obesity or overweight, and human papillomavirus (HPV) infections.
Globally, cancer is increasingly affecting low- and middle-income countries. The analysis predicts a fourfold increase in new cancer cases in low-income nations over the next 50 years. Conversely, very-high-income nations like the UK are expected to see a fifty percent increase during the same period. Experts emphasize the need for global action to save millions of lives from preventable cancers, with particular emphasis on addressing the impact of tobacco.
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