TO STEM the alarming trend in tobacco use, which currently causes nearly five million deaths each year, healthcare professionals at a World Health Organisation meeting in Geneva on Jan 30 agreed to promote a new code of conduct which includes a pledge to quit smoking among them.
According to WHO, the smoking prevalence among health professionals in many countries is the same, or even higher, than the average of the population.
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