“You should fight for your lives and your health. It is absolutely irresponsible and dangerous behaviour to ban e-cigarettes.”

– Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos

KEY FIGURES

SMOKING

HALF OF ALL THOSE WHO SMOKE

will die prematurely from a smoking-related disease

OVER SIX MILLION PEOPLE DIE

from a smoking-related disease every year

MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE

from smoking cigarettes than from malaria, HIV and tuberculosis combined

ONE BILLION PEOPLE WILL HAVE DIED

from a smoking-related disease by the end of the century, according to the WHO

$1 TRILLION

is the annual global cost of smoking-related diseases estimated by the WHO

SAFER

NICOTINE PRODUCTS

E-CIGARETTES

are estimated to be 95% safer than smoking cigarettes

OVER 55 MILLION PEOPLE

will be using e-cigarettes or heat-not-burn tobacco products by 2021, estimates say

CIGARETTE SALES HAVE FALLEN 27%

in Japan due to heat-not-burn products, an unprecedented national decrease

OVER 50% OF THE UK'S

3 million e-cigarette users are ex-smokers

WHO'S INVOLVED

Meet the organizations involved in World Vape Day

INNCO

Global

CAPHRA

Asia Pacific

CASA

Africa

ARDT

Latin America