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But by 2030, the annual death toll could reach 8 million.RELATED:Cabinet approves creation of unit to fight tobacco useCough, cough: Cigarette smoking ban takes effect in NYThe United Nations health body urged more governments to sign up to and implement its tobacco control treaty, warning that if current trends persist, tobacco could cause up to a billion deaths in the 21st century, a dramatic rise from the 100 million deaths it caused in the previous century.So far, 172 countries and the European Union have signed up to the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which came into force in 2005 and obliges them to take steps over time to cut smoking rates, limit exposure to second hand smoke, and curb tobacco advertising and promotion.The WHO noted some encouraging recent moves -- Uruguay now requires health warnings that cover 80 percent of the surface of tobacco packs, and China last month implemented a ban on smoking in public places such as restaurants and bars.But it said that if the FCTC was to achieve its full potential as the "most powerful tobacco control tool", more needed to be done."It is not enough to become a party," WHO director-general Margaret Chan said in a statement