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Smoking kills....believe me

Smoking kills 900,000 people every year in India.

Projected smoking related death in 2010 & beyond will be 1 million annually

Over 4 lakhs death occur in India due to AIDS in 2005 which is highest in world.

20 lakhs death by tuberculosis is due to BEEDI smoking.

Beedi-smoking women shorten their lives by about 8 years on average. In man it shorten life by 6 years and for cigrette smoker it shorten 10 years

Smoking 1-7 beedis a day, raised mortality risks by 25 percent while smoking an equal number of cigarettes daily doubled the risk of death to 50 percent

Posted on Thursday, 1st October 2009

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Oct11

Dr. Sanjeev Narang

Sunday, 11th October 2009

Very Informative
Please quote the references regarding Beedi Smoking.
Thanks

Oct01

Mr. S Kumar

Thursday, 1st October 2009

VERY NICE AND FACTFUL INFORMATION.

I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND WANT TO KNOW MORE FACTS LIKE THIS

PLEASE TRY TO PROVIDE THE SOURCE OR SURVEY THAT SHOW THESE RESULTS.
THROUGH THIS PEOPLE TAKE IT MORE SERIOUS
THANKS