Global deaths due to smokeless tobacco are up by a third, according to new study

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/uoy-gdd081320.php

 

News Release 13-Aug-2020
University of York

 

 

The number of deaths globally due to smokeless tobacco has gone up by a third in 7 years to an estimated 350,000 people, a new study suggests.

The research, from the University of York, comes at a time when there are concerns that spitting - a behaviour common among those who chew tobacco - is likely to transmit the COVID-19 virus. 

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