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Every year, on May 31, the World Health Organization and its partners mark World No Tobacco Day, highlighting the health risks posed by tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption around the world.

The use of tobacco put an end to the lives of nearly 100 million people in the world in the 20th century. Tobacco kills nearly 6 million people every year, of whom more than 600,000 are non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke.

According to the WHO, unless comprehensive measures are taken, the epidemic will kill more than 8 million people every year by 2030.

Read more about it in AZERNEWS online newspaper's print edition published on May 31.

Also, in the new edition you can read articles about the World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in Baku attended by President Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan-U.S.: Vision of the Future forum, SOFAZ`s interest in restructuring its currency portfolio, Azerbaijan Art Festival-2013 due in early June, the Day of Poets, etc.

The readers will also be familiarized with basic nutrition rules in the article of AZERNEWS weekly columnist Scott Fenwick.

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