Smoking, pollution fueling China lung cancer rates
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070104/hl_afp/healthchinaenvironmenttobaccopollutioncancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070104/capt.sge.fcc65.040107042040.photo00.photo.default-338x512.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=lhNvD7vOTLlZx8nXxwcfkw--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="A man puts out a cigarette outside an office China will have more than 1 million new lung cancer patients a year by 2025 if smoking and pollution are not brought under control, state media reported. The figure will be the highest in the world, the China Daily said, quoting health experts who cited World Health Organization figures. China had 120,000 new lung cancer patients in the past five years, according to the Ministry of Health, the(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China will have more than 1 million new lung cancer patients a year by 2025 if smoking and pollution are not brought under control, state media reported.</p><br clear="all"/>