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Booze, fags kill over 40,000 Lankans annually  

In Sri Lanka 20,000 persons die of liquor addiction annually and another 20,000 die from smoking. Altogether 40,000 persons die from consuming liquor and tobacco annually.

The tsunami killed 40,000 persons, but liquor and alcohol kills the same number of people annually, Dr. Neil Fernando, Consultant Psychiatrist, Angoda Mental Hospital said. . . .

What parents should do is to educate them on the negative impacts of tobacco and alcohol consumption when they get curious.

According to Dr. Fernando, multinational companies conduct very effective regular researches on winning more and more customers for their alcohol and tobacco products and targeting all age groups especially children under the age of 7.

Children below the age of seven do not have the ability to measure something and get both sides of the actual story.

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