India: Smoking Increasing

As smoking is registering a steady decline in western countries, experts estimate that it is increasing in India. Dr K H Kisku, head of the department of pulmonary medicine said that the World Health Organisation has estimated that there were around 94 million smokers in India. Among the 94 million smokers in India, 14 million were suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Dr Kisku said, on the eve of World COPD Day. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Smoking / Quit Smoking on November 18th, 2007