U.S. report on rapid growth in smokers in developing countries

a report released by the American Cancer Society on the 17th
the number of smokers in the world is still increasing,the number of smokers in developing countries is growing rapidlyThe report cites World Health Organization statistics that there are currently about 1.3 billion smokers worldwide, about 84 percent of whom come from developing countries or countries with economies in transitionIf the growth trend in the number of smokers in these countries is not curbed,
the number of smokers worldwide will increase to200by 20302030In addition, there is an upward trend in the number of deaths caused by smokingSmoking, which killed about 100 million people worldwide in the
2000, is expected to rise several times in the2nd1st century, mostly in developing countriesThe report notes that smoking cana "smoking crisis"that affect
spending on health,healthhealth,and economic development in a country's populationCurbing the rapid shift of the smoking crisis to developing countries has become a top priority for WHO and the countries concernedExperts saytheof the anti-smokingcampaign in some Western countries, forcing international tobacco companies to shift their sales toin developing countries,contributing to the rapid growth of smokers in developing countries