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Around 14,000 die annually from smoking 

Jump to full article: Wiener Zeitung, 2009-05-30

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Around 14,000 Austrians out of the 2.3 million who smoke die annually from smoking-related diseases, but more and more women, especial- ly the young, have taken up the habit.

SPÖ Health Minister Alois Stöger used the imminence of World Non-Smoking Day this Sunday to appeal "to the public and above all to the gastronomy industry to implement legal measures for the protection of non-smokers and thereby demonstrate their responsibility for people’s health.”

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