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An old Chinese man smokes a cigarette in front of an old temple in a Hutong in central Beijing
26 Aug 2009
Source: Reuters
 
An old Chinese man smokes a cigarette in front of an old temple in a Hutong in central Beijing August 26, 2009. Tobacco use will kill 6 million people next year from cancer, heart disease, emphysema and a range of other ills, global cancer experts said a report issued on Tuesday from the World Lung Foundation and the American Cancer Society. The report also stated that China consumes more than 37 percent of the world's cigarettes, and that nearly 60 percent of Chinese men smoke. It went on to say that as a result, 50 million Chinese children, mostly boys, will die prematurely from tobacco-related diseases. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA HEALTH SOCIETY)
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