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10 March, 2009

MUMBAI: China and India are the worlds biggest tobacco users, according to new research which highlights concerns about increasing death rates in developing countries and smoking by women.Statistics compiled by the American Cancer Society and the World Lung Foundation for the third edition of their “Tobacco Atlas” found that some 311 million men in China and 229 million in India use tobacco in some form.

For women the figures were 14 million and 12 million, respectively, putting the two Asian giants far ahead as the world’s biggest smokers.

There were 24 million female tobacco users in the United States, said the study, which was released in Mumbai at the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health.

Worldwide nearly one billion men and 250 million women use tobacco every day, said the study, released on Monday.

Some six million people will die from tobacco use next year, rising to seven million by the end of next decade and eight million in 2030, it estimated.

But death rates are rising faster in developing countries. Next year, nearly 72 percent of global tobacco-related deaths will be in what researchers called “low- and middle-income countries”.

In 2030 that figure will rise to 83 percent — equivalent to some 135.1 million people, they added.

Of particular concern among health professionals is the increased take-up of smoking by poorer-educated men and women in developing countries, where female smoking has largely been considered socially unacceptable.

“If the women of the world begin smoking at the same rate as men, it will be an unmitigated global public health disaster,” the study said.

“Preventing increases in smoking prevalence among women, especially in low- and middle-income resourced countries, will have a greater impact on global health than any other single intervention.”
 
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Neo Add Canada as well every second person man or woman is smoking..United States as well Americans are selling tobacco at the border of Canada US illegally on cheap and smoking has increased twice fold so is in US the world's biggest smoker Nation We've to add US and Canada in the list as well.
 
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Neo Add Canada as well every second person man or woman is smoking..United States as well Americans are selling tobacco at the border of Canada US illegally on cheap and smoking has increased twice fold so is in US the world's biggest smoker Nation We've to add US and Canada in the list as well.

NOT TRUE!!!


U.S. Smoking Rate Still Coming Down

U.S. Smoking Rate Still Coming Down
About one in five American adults now smoke

by Lydia Saad

PRINCETON, NJ -- The percentage of U.S. adults saying they smoked cigarettes in the past week, now 21%, is similar to what Gallup found in 2007. However, it represents a decline from earlier this decade, when between 22% and 28% said they smoked, and is among the lowest figures Gallup has recorded in more than six decades of polling on tobacco use in America.
 
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:)Its true and the way you guys are selling on the border 1/3 the price. fix pollution problems the whole world knows US is not interested in green peace...More smoking more pollution on the rise...
lol no jobs more smoking as tension rises in US.
 
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In urban India, the ban on smoking in public places has made quite a diff, esp at railway stations , offices etc.

In rural / semi rural areas it has not had much impact. Even though I am a smoker myself & often feel inconvenienced by the ban.. its a good begining.
 
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