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Information & Public Relations Department
Title: Meghalaya ranks 5th with 47% tobacco users and 2nd with 31.6% smokers in the North Eastern region
Press Release Number:
242/19
Description:
Tobacco use is the world’s leading single cause of death and one of the largest preventable causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. Each year, 7 million people die from tobacco related causes, of which 1.2 million die in India from smoking alone. 80% of oral cancer is attributed to tobacco use
Released Date:
30 May 2019
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