69.6% of adult men and 65.3% of teenagers are 'smoking'

7 out of 10 adult men in the country are smoking, a survey showed. The survey also showed an increasing trend of the teen-aged smokers' percentage, which requests an urgent preparation of countermeasures against it.

The survey, conducted by Korea Gallup at the request of the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Anti Smoking Association (KASA), showed a 3.1 percent increase from la...