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World Lung Foundation
Curbing Tobacco Use – One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
By
Diana Mendoza
The numbers are in, and there’s not much to celebrate: every year, about six million people die as a result of tobacco use, including 600,000 who succumb to the effects of second-hand smoke.
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