India, Oct. 7 -- Summary Only three regions - Africa, the Americas, South-East Asia - are on track to meet 30 per cent tobacco use reduction target by 2025: WHO

Despite progress, global tobacco user numbers rise due to population growth.

WHO urges stronger tobacco control measures, including higher taxes and stricter regulations on e-cigarettes.

A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that only three WHO regions are on track to achieve the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD GAP) target of 30 per cent reduction in tobacco use from 2010-2025.

These regions include the African Region, Region of the Americas and the South-East Asia Region.

Of these three regions, the ...