Prabhat Jha, St. Michael's Hospital (IMAGE)

St. Michael's Hospital

Prabhat Jha, St. Michael's Hospital

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Higher taxes on tobacco could reduce consumption in South Asia by at least one-third and avoid 35-45 million premature deaths, concludes an analysis published today in The British Medical Journal by Dr. Prabhat Jha, director of the Centre for Global Health Research of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.

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