Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death; this year approximately 5 million persons worldwide will die from tobacco-related heart attacks, strokes, cancers, and other diseases, if proper measures for its prevention and treatment are not taken.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6020a1.htm?s_cid=mm6020a1_w
WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008 - The MPOWER package is available at:
http://www.who.int/tobacco/mpower/2008/en/index.html
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