Women smokers are on the rise. Here are some facts you didn't know about women and smoking: About 200 million of the world's one billion smokers are women Far fewer women than men use tobacco. Globally about 40% of men smoke as compared with nearly 9% of women. However the epidemic of tobacco use among women is increasing in some countries. More research is needed to understand trends in tobacco use among women. As many girls as boys now smoke in some countries A WHO survey of smoking trends in youths showed that in half of the 151 countries surveyed