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Iranians smoke 60b cigarettes a year 

Secretary of the 11th National Congress on Cardiovascular Update here on Thursday said that Iranians smoke about 60 billion cigarettes each year, lamenting the increasing rate of smoking among the Iranian youth and women.

Speaking at the congress closed today, Mohammad-Reza Mohammad-Hassani said that a total of 80% of heart and vascular diseases can be preventable by planning and informing the society of the major risk factors for the spread of diseases.

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