Number of smokers has reached all-time high of 1.1 billion, study finds

One in three tobacco smokers (341 million) live in China. In 2019, smoking was associated with 1.7 million deaths from ischaemic heart disease, 1.6 million deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 1.3 million deaths from tracheal, bronchus and lung ...

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