India, June 24 -- Tobacco use still claims over seven million lives a year, the World Health Organization warned on Monday, calling for greater efforts to limit its use amid rising interference from the global tobacco industry.

The World Health Organization (WHO) published its 2025 report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic on Monday, focusing on the six policies outlined in the WHO MPOWER tobacco control measures.

Since 2007, 155 countries have implemented at least one of those policy prescriptions which has resulted in over 6.1 billion people - that's three-quarters of the world's population - now benefitting: however, major gaps still remain.

Monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies;

Protecting people from tobacco smoke with smoke...