DEATHS FROM SMOKING, AIDS RISING IN WORLD

The best way to reduce death rates worldwide is to target the biggest
killers - the AIDS virus and tobacco, a British scientist said Monday.

Richart Peto, a professor of medical statistics and epidemiology at Oxford
University, told a science conference that the only two causes of death
that are increasing fast worldwide are the human immunodeficiency virus and
tobacco.

"You can save far more lives by a moderate reduction in the big causes of
death than by a large reduction in smaller causes," he said.

"Tobacco is still the biggest killer we've got," he told the British
Association of Science.

Checked-by: Pat Dolan