Male smoking rate falls for first time

By Kate Kelland
Updated December 19 2019 - 11:48am, first published 11:43am
WHO says smoking has declined among men for the first time, in a shifting global trend.
WHO says smoking has declined among men for the first time, in a shifting global trend.

The number of men who smoke and use tobacco has stopped rising and is on the turn for the first time, marking a shift in a global epidemic that has killed tens of millions of people over decades.

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