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Tobacco causes health burden of over 4 billion USD a year: minister
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Tobacco causes health burden of over 4 billion USD a year: minister

Tobacco is a burden on society with a total cost of medical examination, treatment, illness, and death of 108 trillion VND (4.24 billion USD) a year, Health Minister Dao Hong Lan told a meeting in Hanoi on May 26.

VN loses almost 0.97% of GDP on tobacco
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VN loses almost 0.97% of GDP on tobacco

Viet Nam loses more than VND24.6 trillion per year on tobacco, accounting for almost 0.97 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product, 

Exclusive: India's tobacco industry, government face off ahead of WHO conference
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Exclusive: India's tobacco industry, government face off ahead of WHO conference

 India's $11 billion tobacco industry has urged the government to take a softer line on tobacco control efforts when it hosts a World Health Organization conference in New Delhi next month,