Jump to full article: The Star (za), 2008-02-25
Intro: Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang on Sunday welcomed the new global tobacco report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) which indicates that consumption of cigarettes has declined in the country.
"This is a significant progress for a developing country like South Africa if you consider the WHO report's observation that only five percent of the world's population live in countries that protect their population with any one of the key measures that reduce smoking rates."
"We have to sustain and build from these gains if we are to reduce the high levels of morbidity and mortality related to tobacco use to which WHO puts one in every 10 deaths worldwide," said Tshabalala-Msimang.
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