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Tobacco kills 8 million people/year; India has 268 million tobacco users โ the world's 2nd largest
Global ๐ 1950 Fitness & Wellness
Key Facts
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First link proven: Doll and Hill (1950) showed smokers 25ร more likely to develop lung cancer
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Kills 8 million/year; India: 1.35 million tobacco deaths/year โ 13 deaths every 5 minutes
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COTPA (India's tobacco control law, 2003): bans ads, mandates warnings; 85% pictorial warnings on packets since 2016
๐ Did you know? A single cigarette contains 7,000+ chemicals; 70+ are known carcinogens including formaldehyde, arsenic and benzene
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Tobacco kills 8 million people/year