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Tobacco use kills nearly six million people annually [1]

Tobacco use is one of the leading preventable causes of death. The global tobacco epidemic kills nearly 6 million people each year. More than 600,000 people are exposed to passive smoking.

Publication Date: 
18/05/2012
The Island (Sri Lanka) [2]
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Tobacco [3], Health Effects [4], Health [5], Smoking [6], Tobacco Related Cancer [7], WHO [8], Sri Lanka [9], South Asia [10], Asia [11]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/smoking
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco-related-cancer
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/who
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sri-lanka
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/asia