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If you are a man living in China and you smoke, you may want to stop. That is because one in three of all the young men in China will die from smoking cigarettes.

The report says, "About two-thirds of young Chinese men become cigarette smokers, and most start before they are 20 years old. Unless they stop, about half of them will be killed by their habit."

    Researchers say that in China, the number of deaths each year resulting from smoking will rise from about one million in 2010 to two million in 2030. They warn that the number will rise to three-million by 2050.

   Researchers say there is no sign to make these numbers go down, meaning there is no easy way to make the problem go away.

   People need to stop smoking. China smokes more than one-third of the world's cigarettes. It also has one-sixth of all smoking-related deaths worldwide.

   The story is different with Chinese women. It seems that not many women are smoking in China today. Ten percent of women born in the 1930s were smokers. But among those born in the 1960s, only about one percent smoked. And the rates of death-by-cigarette among women have also dropped. But that could change. Researchers note that smoking now seems more fashionable among Chinese women. Some women think it makes them more attractive.

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