Published	19th March 2015
Author	American Cancer Society
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The Atlas graphically details the scale of the tobacco epidemic; the harmful influence of tobacco on health, poverty, social justice, and the environment; the progress that has been made in tobacco control; and the latest products and tactics being deployed by the industry to protect its profits and delay and derail tobacco control.

tobacco control, cancer, World Lung Foundation

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