As this post is begun, 63,371,796 human lives have been lost due to tobacco-related diseases since the opening of the first FCTC working group on 28 October 1999, as the Death Clock on the website of FCTC reveals.
It is heart-wrenching to see the clock adding to the death tally in quick succession. Every few seconds, the tally on the clock is revised, showing that someone somewhere in the world has lost his or her life due to this addictive substance called tobacco.
Each death ruins years of productive capability, hope and aspirations and snatches away precious moments from near and dear ones. The pain is all the more compounded when the cause of the death is man-made affliction.
While keep the death clock from ticking completely may be a tall order, yet collective efforts can definitely bring down the updates to the tally.
To view the death clock, click here
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