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INHALING POISONOUS GAS: A man smokes bidi ( leaf cigarette) in the old quarters of Mumbai.

INHALING POISONOUS GAS: A man smokes bidi ( leaf cigarette) in the old quarters of Mumbai.

Anti-smoking laws not working properly: WHO

More than 94 per cent of the world's people are not protected by laws against smoking, leaving them exposed to the biggest cause of preventable death, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday. The report found some progress had been made, with 2.3 per cent of the world's population, or around 154 million people, newly covered by smoke-free laws in 2008. But it warned of many more early deaths if governments did not act quickly.

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