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An International Appeal to Cut Smoking Rates Through Six Policies 

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This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.

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The WHO says tobacco causes more than five million deaths a year

And I'm Barbara Klein. On our program this week, we will tell about an international appeal to reduce smoking rates. We will also tell about an American effort to find signs of climate change in spring flowers. And, we will report on a product that can repair itself after breaking.

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The World Health Organization is urging countries to follow six policies to prevent millions of deaths linked to tobacco use. The six policies are known as MPOWER, spelled M-P-O-W-E-R.

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