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1,200 children become chain smokers every year [1]

Twelve hundred children between the ages of six and 16 become chain smokers in Pakistan every year, which increases the chances of them falling prey to chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD).

Publication Date: 
18/11/2008
Daily Times (Pakistan) [2]
Tags:
Child Health [3], Smoking [4], Pakistan [5], Lahore [6]
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