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  • 7 million deaths: WHO releases scary Tobacco smoking report

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) released today shows that smoking does not only kill 7 million people worldwide a year, but also scars planet earth through deforestation, pollution and littering. Details of the environmental cost of tobacco are revealed in a study released Wednesday by the World Health Organization, adding to…

  • Tobacco kills 7m people, gulps $1.4trn annually – WHO

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Tobacco use kills more than seven million people annually and costs over 1.4 trillion dollars in healthcare expenditure and lost productivity, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says. The Director-General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan, gave the assessment ahead of World No Tobacco Day, marked annually on May 31, and which targets the threats tobacco poses…