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Largest-ever tobacco study finds 'urgent need' for policy change

Josh Levs,
CNN

Updated 8:58 PM EDT,
Thu August 16, 2012

Tobacco use is on the rise in some developing countries according to a large-scale study.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

It's being called the largest-ever international study on tobacco use

"The burden of tobacco use is moving," says the study's lead author

About half the men in developing nations surveyed use tobacco, the study says

Women in those regions are taking up smoking at an earlier age, it adds

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