Lung cancer
(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2013-11-18 10:23China is likely to have 1 million lung cancer patients by 2025, which would be more than any other country in the world, Beijing News said.
Experts drew the conclusion at a lung cancer forum held in Beijing on Saturday. The conclusion is based on the fact that China has 350 million smokers, nearly 32 percent of the world's 1.1 billion smokers, the report said.
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A No Smoking sign in Beijing's subway Line 5. [Photo by Wu Changqing/Asianewsphoto] |
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