HPA revealed that an average of one smoker is estimated to die in the Maldives every two days as a direct result of smoking. It also causes chronic, painful and costly medical conditions not just for smokers, but to those around smokers.
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[File] Smoking leads to chronic, painful and costly diseases not just to the smoker, but to those around them --
Ameera Osmanagic
2024-05-31 20:02:56
World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that diseases caused directly due to smoking kills 150 people annually in the Maldives, said Health Protection Agency (HPA).
In its statement released on the occasion of World No-Tobacco Day being commemorated on Friday, May 31, HPA revealed that 400 million cigarettes worth MVR 1.8 billion (USD 116.7 million) are imported into the country every year.
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