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World No Tobacco Day 2017: Beating tobacco for health, prosperity, the environment and national development

30 May 2017 | Geneva – Action to stamp out tobacco use can help countries prevent millions of people falling ill and dying from tobacco-related disease, combat poverty and, according to a first-ever WHO report, reduce large-scale environmental degradation. On World No Tobacco Day 2017, WHO is highlighting how tobacco threatens the development of nations …