Sentence:  Says Wallace F. Jannsen , director of the FDA 's Division of Public Information : `` Quacks are apt to direct their appeal directly to older <WSD>people</WSD> , or to sufferers from chronic ailments such as arthritis , rheumatism , diabetes , and cancer . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively