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• Belarus bets that smoking will improve athletes’ performance 

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has instructed the importers of tobacco to give five per cent of their revenues to sports organizations in the republic in an effort to improve athletic excellence. "The document was adopted in order to create the necessary conditions for the further development of individual sports, preparing high-class athletes and sports institutions, as well as improving the results of Belarusian clubs in all sports of the international arena," the text of the decree says.

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