WHO researchers estimate secondhand smoke kills about 600,000 people a year worldwide, including 379,000 from heart disease and 21,400 from lung cancer. Two-thirds of those deaths occur in Africa and south Asia, and about 165,000 are children.
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Smokeless tobacco products linked to heart attack risk
An American Heart Association policy statement in Circulation says long-term use of snuff and chewing tobacco raises the risk of fatal heart attack and may raise the odds of fatal stroke and certain cancers. The AHA says nicotine gum or patches are a safer route than smokeless tobacco.
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Which Country Makes the World’s Deadliest Cigarettes?
A study found US-made cigarettes carry more tobacco-specific nitrosamines, the major cancer-causing substance in tobacco, than brands sold in Canada, Australia and the UK, differences attributed to tobacco type, curing practices and the fertilizers used to grow it.
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