Smokers reach high of 1.1 billion worldwide, study shows

Published May 31, 2021 1:30pm ET



The number of smokers around the world hit an all-time high of 1.1 billion, a medical journal’s study found.

Between 1990 and 2019, 150 million people began smoking, a study released Thursday from Lancet found. An uptick in youth smokers has been particularly concerning, authors of the study said.

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