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Smoking contributes to poverty 

Jump to full article: Botswana Press Agency (BOPA), 2004-06-03

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WHO country representative, Dr Jean Kalilani, said at World No Tobacco Day in Molepolole, that tobacco also contributes to high public health costs of treating tobacco related diseases.

Tobacco use also kills people at the height of their productivity, depriving families of breadwinners and nations a healthy workforce.

Kalilani lamented that current smoking mortality is the result of past lifetimes of tobacco consumption during the day commemorated under theme: Tobacco and Poverty, a Vicious Circle.

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