Over 15,000 Cambodians die of tobacco-related illnesses annually: health expert

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): More than 15,000 people died of smoking every year in Cambodia, Mom Kong, executive director of the local non-government organization, the Cambodia Movement for Health, said on Thursday (March 9).

According to a recent survey by the Ministry of Health, there are an estimated 1.6 million adult cigarette smokers, or 13 per cent of the kingdom's adults aged 15 years old and above, Kong said.