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339 Maltese die from smoking in eleven months 

Jump to full article: MaltaMedia (mt), 2007-01-16
Author: MaltaMedia News

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339 Maltese and Gozitan residents died from smoking between January and November 2006, said Minister of Health Louis Deguara in parliament on. 100 of the deaths occurred to women.

The Minister was replying to a parliamentary question set forward by Member of Parliament (MP) Carmelo Abela. By October 2006, Malta had already registered 282 deaths which were directly or indirectly related to smoking. The figures were obtained from the National Deaths Registry.

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