Illiteracy is increasing. From 1961-1981, the number of adult illiterates increased by five million a year, from 333 million to 437 million. Other Third World countries put India s educational record to shame. From Far Eastern Economic Review , Vol. For an estimated 53,000 non-smokers die in the US every year from diseases caused by inhaling tobacco smoke.
Office workers are particularly vulnerable.
The conclusion was that passive smoking is now the third leading preventable cause of death in the US, after active smoking and alcohol. From Circulation , January 1991. Journal of the American Heart Association. For the Hong Kong group is being given generous support by Shell, the multinational oil company. Shell pays for local education programmes and buys advertising space in the group s magazine One Earth.