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Tobacco: A Major Risk Factor for Non-Communicable Diseases

27 Nov 2018

This fact sheet describes tobacco use as the one risk factor common to the four main groups of NCDs — cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung disease and diabetes.

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