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Jump to full article: The Daily Observer (gm), 2009-06-02
Author: Kemo AM Cham
Intro: The World Health Organisation (WHO) regional director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambou, has stepped up calls for the usage of picture warnings in effort to expose the deadly effect of tobacco, whose consumption rate continues to pose serious treat to the world’s population.
Dr Sambou’s call is contained in a message delivered as part of activities commemorating World No Tobacco Day, on the 31 May, 2009. Describing tobacco as the leading preventable cause of death in the world, he revealed that more than 5 million people die from its effect every year. This, he added, is more than all deaths resulting from HIV/AIDS, Malaria and tuberculosis combined.
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