Report: Smoking Will Kill One in Three Young Men in China

One in three young Chinese men will die from the effects of tobacco, researchers say. A study published in The Lancet, a medical journal, said, "About two-thirds of young Chinese men become cigarette smokers, and most start before they are 20. Unless they stop, about half of them will eventually be killed by their habit." The scientists conducted two large, nationally representative studies 15 years apart, tracking the health consequences of smoking in China. The first was in...

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