Tobacco Atlas highlights global devastation
The latest issue of the Tobacco Atlas reveals the toll of smoking around the world, highlighting the impact tobacco has on both health and economies.
Published by the World Lung Foundation and the American Cancer Society, the third edition of the Tobacco Atlas claims that tobacco will claim six million lives in 2010, 72 per cent of which will be in low and middle-income countries.
More than 80 per cent of deaths in low- and middle-resource countries are linked to tobacco use, according to the report, which is also available online at TobaccoAtlas.org.
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