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Monday, July 01, 2013

Tobacco Taxes, Smoking Bans Set To Save Millions Of Lives: Study

Anti-smoking measures including higher taxes on tobacco products, bans on adverts and controls on lighting up in public places could prevent tens of millions of premature deaths across the world, researchers said on Monday.
 

Similar steps taken by Turkey, Romania and 39 other countries between 2007 and 2010 were already saving lives, the independent study published by the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

"If the progress attained by these ... countries were extended globally, tens of millions of smoking-related deaths could be averted," Professor David Levy, the study's lead author from Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, said in the WHO's monthly bulletin.

Wider use of the controls could also lead to lower health care costs and higher birth weights for babies, he added.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who needs to save millions of lives when there are way too many people anyway?

Anonymous said...

Once you get everyone to quiet smoking then the there goes the tobacco taxes. then they will come up with 21 new taxes to cover the so call lost on the tobacco taxes. Just let the people smoke who want to smoke and quit beating a dead horse to death you bunch of do nothing want a be demo rats and socialist commies

Anonymous said...

this is all smoke and mirrors.
if the fda controlled it , then outlawed it, it would be a done deal and peeps would have to grown and roll their own less toxic ciggs tax free.
what other drug is sold that kills thousands?
its big money.

Anonymous said...

Of course now everyone is so over weight that associated diseases will take up the slack.

Anonymous said...

Good point 11:29-Everything together should really thin us out to a manageable level.