Jump to full article: WalesOnline (uk), 2009-03-11
Author: Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail
Intro: Experts will today call on the Assembly Government to do more to prevent the deaths of 500 people a month from smoking-related diseases.
The Welsh Tobacco Control Alliance will also urge families to declare their homes no smoking zones.
The calls from more community-based action to control the sale and use of tobacco comes as the UK marks the 26th national No Smoking Day today.
Tanya Buchanan, director of Ash Wales, said, on behalf of the alliance: "Six thousand people die in Wales each year as a result of smoking - that's an average of 500 people every month.
"It is also estimated that on average smokers die about 10 years younger than non-smokers.
"Wales, unlike England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, does not currently have any government-endorsed strategy for dealing with tobacco use.
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