WASHINGTON - More women are lighting up cigarettes around the world, even as the smoking rate declines for men, activists attending an anti-smoking conference said Thursday.
About 12 percent of women, worldwide, smoke, and that figure is expected to rise to 20 percent by 2025, according to a report by the International Network of Women Against Tobacco. The group relied on World Health Organization data.
About 48 percent of men smoke, but that number is expected to decline, according to the report released Thursday at a conference sponsored by the American Cancer Society.
Lorraine Greaves, project leader on the report, said tobacco company marketing is nudging up the …
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