In 2002, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated 1 billion active smokers worldwide and projected that at least 8 million people would die annually by 2030 due to tobacco-related complications
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How Big Tobacco is Helping to Fight COVID-19 An eye-catching article in the February 18 Politico , How the Tobacco Industry Could Join the Coronavirus Fight, discussed how Reynolds American, a cigarette manufacturer, is infecting tobacco plants with a genetically modified virus to see if antibodies can be produced for a possible vaccine for COVID-19
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Other good sources of information and tools to help you quit smoking include: The American Cancer Societys How to Quit Smoking", The American Lung Associations Quit Smoking website, and The Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids website.