Lighting Up: Global Crisis

555 views · Published 30 June 2009 · 5:02 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics

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United Nations, New York, June 2009 - More than a billion people around the world smoke, even though most of us know it can kill you. In fact, half of all smokers will die from their habit. 

Uruguay, a small country in South America, is taking big steps to stop the epidemic.

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