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Tobacco Kills Half of Its Consumers

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"One out of every two smokers die of a disease caused by his or her own smoking. It kills 50% of its lifetime consumers. Every day 11000 people are dying because of smoking", says Dr. Sajeela Maini, Tobacco Cessation Specialist with Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India. She is the...

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Q. What are the economic impacts of tobacco use?

A. The epidemic poses a long-term economic threat to countries and may slow their development. Tobacco negatively affects the welfare of users and costs the world hundreds of billions of dollars each year in lost productivity. If the epidemic worsens, the economic losses in highly populated developing countries will be severe. Many of these countries are manufacturing centres for the global economy and the growing number of tobacco-related deaths - half of which occur during prime productive years - will impose a heavy burden on these economies.

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