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As per the study, people get addicted to smoking by the time they turn 25, bringing a huge increase in the young generation getting the habit of smoking
As the world battles coronavirus, there is another danger that hides in shadows, ready to attack the human body smoking.
New research has found almost eight million people died due to smoking in 2019, and the number has only increased since then, in the pandemic years.
The experts have found that while there has been an increase of nearly 150 million smokers in the last nine years, the major increase has been in the young population.