<span style="color: #252525;">Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health said that twenty-seven percent of Afghan citizens regularly use tobacco, of which nearly three percent are women. This statement came on World No Tobacco Day, which was observed around the world on Wednesday.<br />'' <br />'' </span><br />'' <span style="color: #252525;">As per the Ministry, more than forty-five percent of deaths in Afghanistan are caused by non-infectious diseases.<br />''    </span><br />'' <span style="color: #252525;">According to the Chamber of Commerce and Investment, annually nearly a thousand containers of tobacco are imported to the country from various ports. <br />''     </span><br />'' <span style="color: #252525;">As per the World Health Organization, every year, eight million people in the world die due to the use of tobacco.</span><br />