WHO sees tobacco drop among men, but vaping effects unclear

Worldwide, the number of men using traditional tobacco products has finally started to decline, health officials said Thursday. Four out of five tobacco users globally are men, so declines among males "mark a turning point in the fight against tobacco,” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, said in a statement. The agency's new report covers an array of tobacco use, including cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco.

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