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Jump to full article: Daily News (lk), 2008-01-23
Author: Kalinga Seneviratne
Intro: Sri Lanka's Buddhist monks see their fight against tobacco and alcohol abuse as more urgent than the war that the Government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa is prosecuting against the LTTE.
"At least 50,000 people have died due to the conflict in the past 25 years. But, every year about 40,000 die in Sri Lanka due to illnesses from alcohol and tobacco use," observed Hadigalle Wimalasara Thera, a member of the JHU which provides crucial support to the Government.
"Those who talk about human rights are strangely silent when it comes to an issue like this which kills and harms much more people," added the Buddhist monk
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