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Stallone: You can't shed it

A literature review that covered 44 countries between 1990 and 2015 showed that countries spent anywhere from about 1.2% to 13% of their total health expenditures on smoking-attributable diseases

The epidemic of tobacco deaths will progress inexorably throughout the world until and unless tobacco control is recognised as an immediate priority for development, investment, and research. Dr Emmanuela Gakidou, a senior author of the study, said: There have been some success stories, but smoking remains the leading cause of death and disability in 100 countries in 2015. Join our commenting forum Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Comments

Having a working smoke alarm more than doubles your chances of surviving a fire

But he was forced to deny Opposition claims that the decision had been influenced by his Australian election strategist Lynton Crosby, who runs a consultancy company which has worked for the tobacco industry.