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Local December 8, 2021 | 2:22 pm

Cardiologists are alarmed at increase in deaths from tobacco

Santo Domingo, DR
19% of the 260 deaths from cancer that the country registered in 2019 were related to tobacco use and 800 deaths from chronic lung diseases. While hospital records show that 34% of all patients who suffer a heart attack are smokers, and 11% of all deat... Read more

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