1.   Despite a slow and steady decline in the number of smokers over the past two decades, the health toll of cigarettes remains staggering.

2.   In a news conference Sunday, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani acknowledged that the health toll may turn out to be higher now that scientists are focusing on a different disease.

3.   The mental liberation that women may experience may be accompanied by a heavy health toll.

4.   Aral Sea disaster takes heavy health toll in Kazakstan.

5.   The health toll is likely to remain as well, statistics show.