Women smokers: India ranks no 2

Indian women have now figured right on top in an infamous list - smoking.
In a shocking trend, India has now more female smokers - over 12.1 million - than any country except the United States. In 2012, female smoking prevalence was 3.2%, which is virtually unchanged since 1980.
Smokers in India consumed an average of 8.2 cigarettes per day as tobacco claims a million lives every year in the country.
In 2012, 967 million people smoked every day globally compared with 721 million in 1980.
Around three in 10 men (31%) and one in 20 women (6%) now smoke daily compared with four in 10 men (41%) and one in 10 women (10%) in 1980.
These are the findings of the study "Smoking Prevalence and Cigarette Consumption in 187 countries, 1980-2012," which was published on January 8 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The number of cigarettes smoked annually has grown to more than 6 trillion.