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WHO wants Asia to fight smoking 

The World Health Organisation (WHO) called for an all-out war on Friday against tobacco use in Asia, with one of its officials calling smoking a "deadly epidemic."

Concluding a five-day conference on key health issues for Asia, the United Nations agency also warned that the number of patients with mental and neurological disorders in many countries in the Asian-Pacific region is increasing while their treatment leaves much to be desired.

Shigeru Omi, WHO's regional director for the Western Pacific, told the conference on South Korea's Jeju Island that a few member states already have met the requirements of the agency's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and that more are making good progress in implementing the convention's provisions.

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