News, WHO: Tobacco Killed 100 Million in 20th Century, Could Kill 1 Billion in 21st. (smoking, medical news)

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Tobacco use killed 100 million people worldwide in the 20th century and could kill one billion people in the 21st unless governments act now to dramatically reduce it, the World Health Organization said in a report Thursday.

Governments around the world collect more than $200 billion in tobacco taxes every year but spend less than one fifth of 1 percent of that revenue on tobacco control, it said.

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[groove1]

As a former smoker and dipper I do not know why anybody would pay so much money to have an evil corporation slowly kill them and make them sick, not to mention all the other negatives of smoking/tobacco.