47.A( recent World Health Organization (WHO) consultation on the statisticalaspects of tobacco-related mortality concluded that the toll that can be attributed tosmoking throughout the world is 2.7 million deaths per year.) It also predicted that,if current patterns of cigarette smoking continue unchanged, the global death tollfrom tobacco by the year 2025 may increase to eight million deaths per year. Alarge proportion ofthese will be amongst women.
世界卫生组织最近召开会议,对因烟草而导致死亡人数进行统计,结论是每年全世界因吸烟导致死亡的人数为270万。