Global smokers set record

LONDON - The number of smokers has reached an all-time high of 1.1 billion, a study has found. A study published in the Lancet said 150m more people started smoking in the 29 years from 1990.

The authors found that 89% of new smokers were addicted by the age of 25 but beyond that age were unlikely to start. The habit killed almost eight million people in 2019.

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