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Tobacco a major threat 

South Africa needs to step up its efforts to make the country 100 percent tobacco free by 2010, says the Cancer Association of South Africa (Cansa) in a statement on 16 March, after attending a world conference on tobacco control.

Tobacco-free means no use of tobacco in any public place, including sports stadiums. "The tobacco epidemic is threatening world health, especially in developing countries where the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing its deadly products in order to find new customers," says Cansa Head of Communication Martha Molete, who attended the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Mumbai, India from 8-12 March 2009.

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