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Street vendor smokes cigarette in Siliguri
02 Oct 2008
Source: Reuters
 
A street vendor smokes a cigarette in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri October 2, 2008. India banned smoking in public places on Thursday in an attempt to fight tobacco use blamed, directly or indirectly, for a fifth of all deaths in the world's third-largest consumer. The ban, which includes all offices and restaurants, will hit its estimated 240 million tobacco users, who are likely to find their homes and cars among the last few places to light up. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA)
REUTERS/RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI


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