More than 1,200 Fijians die from tobacco smoking every year, and it is also causing Fiji millions of dollars of economic loss due to health care costs and productivity loss.

While highlighting this during the World No Tobacco Day at the Holiday Inn, Acting World Health Organisation Representative in the South Pacific, Dr Nuha Mahmoud, says tobacco also pollutes soil and water.

 

Source: Fiji Village

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