51.5%
Percentage drop of adult male smokers from 1980 (33%) to 2009 (16%); what's more, the average number of cigarettes men smoked per day dropped from 24 to 14 [via Los Angeles Times]
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Special Reports
The Disease that Won’t Die: Tuberculosis in Peru
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
