Hannah Ritchie på Twitter: ”@OurWorldInData Tobacco is the cause of 8 million premature deaths each year – 7M from smokers – 1.2M from secondhand smoke For reference: 1.2M people die in road
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The Lancet & The Lancet Public Health: Latest global data finds nearly 8 million deaths from smoking in 2019, and 90% of new smokers addicted by age 25 | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
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The hazards of smoking and the benefits of cessation: A critical summation of the epidemiological evidence in high-income countries | eLife
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The hazards of smoking and the benefits of cessation: A critical summation of the epidemiological evidence in high-income countries | eLife
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