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Due to lack of national data by smoking status, we used estimated SAFs by disease, age and gender from the 2017 Global Burden of Disease Study 23

Many of these health hazards are also caused by exposure to secondhand smoke and the use of tobacco products other than cigarettesincluding cigars, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco products (e.g., chewing tobacco and snuff), and waterpipes

Of the 77 pieces of evidence cited by four global tobacco companies: only 17 actually addressed the impact of standardised packaging on smoking none were published in peer-reviewed journals, an important marker of scientific quality 14 of the 17 (82 per cent) were either commissioned by or linked to the tobacco industry in some cases this link was not clearly stated by the tobacco companies in their consultation responses The contrast between the quality and relevance of tobacco industry evidence versus the evidence in the systematic review is stark," Dr Jenny Hatchard said

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