Tobacco Will Kill More People than AIDS by 2015

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Posted by John HopkinsNovember 28, 2006 8:41 PM

A study by the World Health Organization has concluded that tobacco smoking will kill 50 percent more people than AIDS by the year 2015 and will be responsible for 10 percent of all deaths globally.

The report is a chilling prediction of a disease process created and manipulated by Big Tobacco

Tobacco, currently blamed for some 5.4 million deaths a year, is set to kill 6.5 million in 2015 and 8.3 million in 2030, with the biggest rise in low-and middle-income countries.

The World Health Organization has accused Big Tobacco companies of targeting youth in poorer countries as their market share has shrunk in the US. Apparently, with impediments being thrown in front of Big Tobacco in developing countries, Big Tobacco has decided to take their show on the road and play to less informed, more unsuspecting people. Will nicotine be manipulated; will advertising be targeted; will deals be cut with foreign governments? Only time will tell.

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