Paris, Oct 3, 2024 (AFP) - Phasing out teen smoking could save 1.2 mn lives: study

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Banning the sale of tobacco to people born between 2006 and 2010 could prevent around 1.2 million deaths from lung cancer by the end of the century, said a modelling study released Thursday. Smoking is responsible for roughly 85 percent of all cases of lung cancer, the deadliest cancer worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. If current trends continue, there will be nearly three million lung cancer deaths among people born from 200......

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