With Westerners increasingly dropping the habit, the smoking population in China is on a constant increase. In 1964 the smoking population in America was 54 percent, which dropped to 26 percent by the year 1996. But Chinas smoking population is at least 30 times its number in the 1950s. Weng said.
Smoking has become a popular game, especially among young people and women.
Weng pointed out that women are more and more the targets of tobacco marketing campaigns. As China witnesses (目睹) rapid change in womens roles, smoking among women is increasing, with most new smokers being educated women.
Weng said that in countries such as the United States, Britain - where female smoking was popular long ago - lung cancer caused by smoking has surpassed breast cancer (乳腺癌) , becoming the largest cancer-killer of women.
At present only some 8 percent of Chinese women smoke, which has kept the total smoking population below 40 percent. If women in China insist on demanding the same rights as men, the figure will at least double the present one. Weng said.
6. In the first paragraph, overtook means ______ .
A. held B. caught up with C. added to D. overlooked
7. According to the report from the World Health Organization, by the year 2025, the death caused by smoking in China will be ______ times the present number.
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