Tobacco taxes, smoking bans set to save millions of lives: study

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Tobacco taxes, smoking bans set to save millions of lives: study

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tobacco-taxes-smoking-bans-set-save-millions-lives-221429911.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xompdbzDAubVYqpgisvmpA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-30T221429Z_1_CBRE95T1PSE00_RTROPTP_2_US-TOBACCO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="DATE IMPORTED: June 1, 2012 A woman disposes a cigarette in Los Angeles, California, May 31, 2012. Californians will vote next week on Proposition 29, which would increase the tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1.00 .REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn" align="left" title="DATE IMPORTED: June 1, 2012 A woman disposes a cigarette in Los Angeles, California, May 31, 2012. Californians will vote next week on Proposition 29, which would increase the tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1.00 .REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn" border="0" /></a>By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Anti-smoking measures including higher taxes on tobacco products, bans on adverts and controls on lighting up in public places could prevent tens of millions of premature deaths across the world, researchers said on Monday. Similar steps taken by Turkey, Romania and 39 other countries between 2007 and 2010 were already saving lives, the independent study published by the World Health Organization (WHO) said. &quot;If the progress attained by these ... ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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