50 pc hike in cigarette prices would add 450 mln years of life across 13 nations: study
A fifty per cent hike in cigarette prices would lead to about 450 million years of life gained across thirteen middle-income countries, including India, from smoking cessation, a new study has claimed.
The study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) also said that "India in particular, will gain about 45 million life years from this increase."
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