Female smokers 'double in Russia' - BBC Health News 27th January 2007

Smoking rates have more than doubled in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union, researchers say. The Bath University-led team said "aggressive targeting" of women by tobacco firms was behind the rise. Researchers monitoring 7,000 people over 11 years found 7% of women smoked in 1992, compared with 15% in 2003, the Tobacco Control journal reports.

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