But just to reiterate these points from important groups According to a 1999 World Health Organization report ‘Tobacco has killed four million people in the year 9. [Meaning that 1 out of every 10 deaths was tobacco related] By the 2020s or the early 2030s, that preventable death toll will rise to 10 million deaths per year.’ According to a report by the World Bank, ‘Half of all longterm smokers will eventually be killed by tobacco, and of these, half will die during productive middle age, losing 20 to 25 years of life.