About 125,000 people die annually in Türkiye due to tobacco

Published 22 Sept, 11:57 Photo: Milat

This story is from 22 September 2026.

According to Health Ministry data, about 125,000 people die each year in Türkiye due to tobacco, 25,000 of them from secondhand smoke. Worldwide, annual deaths exceed 7 million.

Of these deaths, 25,000 are people who were exposed to smoke despite not smoking. Globally, tobacco-related annual deaths exceed 7 million. Passive smoking causes the deaths of more than 1.6 million people every year.