Banning tobacco sales for young people could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths
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Banning tobacco sales for young people could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths Creating a generation of people who never smoke could prevent 1.2 million deaths from lung cancer globally, according to international researchers. The simulation study using historical data on 82 countries
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Original Title: Creating a generation of people who never smoke could prevent 1.2 million deaths from lung cancer globally. Banning tobacco products for people born in 2006-2010 could prevent almost half (45.8%) of future lung cancer deaths in men, and around a third (30.9%) in women in 185 countries by 2095.