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Global Cost of Smoking Passes $1 Trillion.

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A new report from the World Health Organization and the NCI estimates that the worldwide cost of smoking-due to health problems and lost productivity-exceeds $1 trillion annually, with the biggest… Click to show full abstract

A new report from the World Health Organization and the NCI estimates that the worldwide cost of smoking-due to health problems and lost productivity-exceeds $1 trillion annually, with the biggest economic burden falling on low- and middle- income countries. That's because proven interventions, such as tax and price increases, are vastly underused in many nations.

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Journal Title: Cancer discovery
Year Published: 2017

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