Originally, tobacco is a solanaceous, mainly American plant of the specie Nicotiana tabacum whose leaves have stupefying narcotic effects, and when dried, could be prepared and adapted for smoking, chewing and or snuff. Families rely on the cultivation and sale of tobacco for economic sustenance and social well being. In numerous ways, tobacco consumption for whatever reasons has its impacts on the health, economy and development of its producers and consumers, their families, communities and countries at large. Tobacco is probably the only commodity in existence whose manufacturers clearly warn that those who consume it are likely to die (young). One of the top health secrets withheld by tobacco companies, and unfortunately underemphasized by our unnecessarily over-commercialised national health systems, is that inhaled tobacco smoke contains carbon monoxide. From the foregoing, it has become imperative, that conscious, sincere and well thought out national policies must be enthroned and religiously implemented in order to reduce tobacco-related deaths, disease and infirmities. At local levels, governments must institute policies for the cessation of smoking and treatment of tobacco dependence, as well as evidence-based guidelines and materials for overall implementation in relation to each country’s national health objectives and local circumstances, in order to ensure measurable public health gains for all. Countries should consider and adopt tobacco-cessation services/strategies for all ages of their population as necessary and proponent beneficial public health strategies for tobacco control, including efforts to prevent people especially young persons, from starting to smoke.