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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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The Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs (KAP) is a knowledge sharing and community platform dedicated to enhancing NCD prevention and control through multisectoral and multistakeholder collaboration. The KAP is hosted by the World Health Organization's Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD).
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