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Smoking: an avoidable health disaster explained

Statistics show that, despite some progress towards smoking cessation, tobacco continues to place an extraordinarily heavy burden on global health.
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Nature 618, S2-S3 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01837-w

This article is part of Nature Outlook: Smoking, an editorially independent supplement produced with the financial support of third parties. About this content.

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