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The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new report that states 80% of the more than eight million annual tobacco-related deaths projected by 2030 are expected to occur in the developing world.

This results from a global tobacco industry strategy to target young people and adults in the developing world, ensuring that millions of people become fatally addicted every year. The targeting of young women in particular is highlighted as one of the “most ominous potential developments of the epidemics growth”.

While efforts to combat tobacco are gaining momentum, virtually every country needs to do more. The six MPOWER strategies are within the reach of every country, rich or poor and, when combined as a package, they offer us the best chance of reversing this growing epidemic, said Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO. Dr Chan launched the WHO Report of the Global Tobacco Epidemic at a news conference with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg Philanthropies helped fund the report.

The six MPOWER strategies to better protect the population are:

Researchers speculate that the stimulating effects of nicotine could cause smokers to experience nicotine withdrawal each night, which may contribute to disturbances in sleep.

3 Levels of Drug Use

Generally, you can think about 3 levels of drug use.

1 – Drug User – this is someone who occasionally uses drugs or alcohol but is not “hooked” on a substance.

2 – Drug Abuser – this is someone who frequently uses drugs, usually to the detriment of them self and those around them. This can include prescription drugs as well as street drugs.

3 – Drug Addict – this is someone who is compulsive about using drugs and using it is the most important thing in their life. It comes ahead of family, friends and work.

Almost all drugs overstimulate the pleasure center of the brain, flooding it with the neurotransmitter dopamine. This produces euphoria and the user wants that feeling back again and again. Unfortunately, with repeated use of a drug, the brain becomes accustomed to the dopamine surges by producing less of it, so the user has to take more and more of the drug to feel the same pleasure (this is known as building up tolerance).