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New Vietnam: 30,000-40,000 Die From Smoking Annually

By admin2 | December 27, 2007

MedicalAccording to new reports, thirty to forty thousand people die of smoking related disease each year in Vietnam. Some 56 percent of local men aged 15 upwards are cigarette smokers, the Vietnam Tobacco Control Program reported. In recent years, smokers in Vietnam have spent over 8.2 trillion Vietnamese dong (512.5 million U.S. dollars) on smoking, said the programmes secretary, Phan Thi Hai. [click link for full article]
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