World Health Organization (WHO) survey shows tobacco could kill a billion people around the world in this century
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Nearly half of all men and more than 1 in 10 women use tobacco in many developing countries, and women are starting to smoke at earlier ages, according to the largest survey to date on international tobacco use. If current trends continue, warns the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco could kill a billion people around the world in this century. Read a August 17, 2012 Times news article about the study.