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What legal consumer product can harm everyone exposed to it, kills half of the people who use it as intended, is the single most preventable cause of death in the world today and will kill more than five million people this year? This is not a trick question. Most people already know the answer, although some ignore it while others are in denial. It is tobacco. …..


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