About 450, 000 Americans die needlessly each year from inhaling the toxins and carcinogens in smoke.

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Relaxing, not tightening, strictures against harm reduction products should be implemented in the EU, and as soon as possible, as thousands die needlessly each day from inhaling smoke.

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However, I take offence at putting a price cap on saving the lives of tens of thousands of mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends with dense breast tissue who suffer unnecessarily and die needlessly from late stage breast cancer due to missed detection of mammographic screenings.

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The idea of trying to create a zero-harm culture has come out of a global recognition that some patients needlessly suffer or die in hospital because of errors.

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