Smoking tobacco, the major cause of death and disability in Cuba.

Lancet Glob Health

Department of Medicine, Physiology, and Pharmacology and Community Health Sciences, O'Brien Institute for Public Health and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

Published: June 2020

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