Projected global tobacco-related deaths, by cause, 2015: baseline scenario
| Cause | Tobacco-related deaths | |
| N millions | Total % | |
| All causes | 6.43 | 100 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.09 | 1 |
| Lower respiratory infections | 0.15 | 2 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 2.12 | 33 |
| Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers | 1.18 | 18 |
| Mouth and oropharynx cancers | 0.18 | 3 |
| Oesophagus cancer | 0.17 | 3 |
| Stomach cancer | 0.12 | 2 |
| Liver cancer | 0.10 | 2 |
| Other malignant neoplasms | 0.34 | 5 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 0.13 | 2 |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 1.86 | 29 |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 0.93 | 14 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 0.52 | 8 |
| Other cardiovascular diseases | 0.24 | 4 |
| Respiratory diseases | 1.87 | 29 |
| COPD | 1.76 | 27 |
| Digestive diseases | 0.20 | 3 |
COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Reproduced from [13] with permission from the publisher.