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Public health researchers call for policymakers to take actual risks into account
Jump to full article: Scoop (nz), 2006-01-27
Author: Press Release: University of Otago
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We found that the absolute annual burden from tobacco use was highest for the United States at 514,000 deaths per year in 2000, which is equivalent to the impact of an 9/11 type terrorist attack every 2.1 days
Dr George Thomson of the University of Otago's Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, in a study published in the international journal Globalization and Health.
In the last 20 or more years governments have spent considerable sums in attempts to combat international terrorism, as well as introducing new laws. However, despite tobacco mortality’s far greater scale, the policy response by government on tobacco has been much weaker.
Dr George Thomson of the University of Otago's Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, in a study published in the international journal Globalization and Health.
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