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**italertb** · 09-13-2009, 02:42 AM

Stub it out and spend less time debating abt healthcare bill, reforms etc. Damn bloody secondhand smoke.

(LONDON) — Tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don't take stronger measures to combat smoking, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
In a new report on tobacco use and control, the U.N. agency said nearly 95 percent of the global population is unprotected by laws banning smoking. WHO said secondhand smoking kills about 600,000 people every year.

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09-13-2009, 02:42 AM	#1
italertb Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 419 Senior Member	WHO: Smoking Kills 5 Million Every Year Stub it out and spend less time debating abt healthcare bill, reforms etc. Damn bloody secondhand smoke. (LONDON) — Tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don't take stronger measures to combat smoking, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. In a new report on tobacco use and control, the U.N. agency said nearly 95 percent of the global population is unprotected by laws banning smoking. WHO said secondhand smoking kills about 600,000 people every year. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1946517,00.html#ixzz0ZF3emQUq
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