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Why Does Anyone Still Smoke?
Smoking is the single most dangerous voluntary activity in the world, so why do we still do it?
Smoking tobacco is the single most dangerous voluntary activity in the world. It kills six million people a year, and if current trends continue that figure is expected to rise to 8 million people by 2030. Even if it does not kill you, it will give you bad breath, bad skin and cost you money. So why do so many of us still smoke?
(Photo: A man holds a cigarette over an ashtray. Credit: Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images)
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Sat 26 Nov 201622:06GMT
BBC World Service except East Asia & News Internet
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The man who blew the whistle on big tobacco
Duration: 01:44
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Just how addictive is nicotine?
Duration: 00:47
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- Tue 22 Nov 201602:06GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
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- Tue 22 Nov 201604:06GMTBBC World Service East Asia
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- Tue 22 Nov 201615:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
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- Tue 22 Nov 201621:06GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa only
- Sat 26 Nov 201622:06GMTBBC World Service except East Asia & News Internet
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