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LONDON, Mar 26, 2001 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Smoking will become the biggest killer in developing world countries within the next 20 years, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday, citing government-backed research.
The report from the Institute of Development Studies in Sussex, United Kingdom, said deaths from smoking-related diseases are expected to surpass those caused by the AIDS epidemic.
It predicts by 2020, tobacco will be claiming 10 million lives a year.
The increasing process of globalization will be partly to blame as developing countries are forced to drop tariff barriers against highly successful international brands, the report said.
Earlier this month, U.S. researchers concluded that every cigarette has the potential to cause a heart attack.
Their findings said that the short-term risk of a heart attack is increased by smoking because each cigarette appears to have a startling - and almost immediate - impact on the cardiovascular system.
Copyright 2001 by United Press International.
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