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Tobacco kills 6 million worldwide annually – WHO

This is contained in a joint report by the World Health Organisation and the National Cancer Institute of the United States of America published earlier this month.

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Six million people worldwide die as a result of complications from long term use of tobacco.

According to the report, there are

The report further noted that tobacco control policies such as increasing prices and taxes and could greatly improve governments resources to deal with the health aftermath of tobacco use.

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Some diseases associated with smoking include lung cancer and heart failure.

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