No. of Indian male smokers rose 36% since 1998
As per a study by the University of Toronto, the number of male smokers in India rose by 36% in 17 years, from 79 million in 1998 to 108 million in 2015. This represents an annual average increase of 1.7 million. In 2010, around 10% of all deaths in India (around 1 million) were caused by smoking, the study added.