Report shows Smoking has Declines Globally

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While new data show that smoking globally is on the decline, the World Health Organization warns that this good news is being undercut by an alarming rise in the use of e-cigarette and vaping devices, especially among children.

"It is an alarming increase in the last four to five years. That is why we are ringing the alarm bell here," said Ruediger Krech, director of health promotion at WHO.

"In a couple of countries, we see huge increases in the use of e-cigarettes and vaping devices. We see a 150% increase in the U.K. and in the U.S. We also see an uptick in double-digit numbers of vaping among children," he said.

Krech accuses the tobacco industry of employing devious tactics to get a future generation of young people hooked on tobacco by introducing them to novel products "where they actually try to get our children as young as 8 years old to use e-cigarettes or vapers."

"If you know that your actions will cause death … I personally believe that this is criminal," he said.