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It appears the tobacco companies are doing their fair share to curb world population growth, a major concern at the recent conference in Cairo. As reported in the Tribune (Sept. 20), scientists warn that “half a billion people alive today will be killed by tobacco if current trends continue.”
It is especially appropriate that in developing nations, where increasing population is most worrisome, cigarette use and related deaths are on the rise. Maybe the tobacco companies should have had representatives at the U.N. population conference. It seems they have some ready solutions to the problem of population growth.
