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GRIM REMINDERS. A total of 321 pairs of shoes and slippers owned by fatalities of smoking-related diseases are on display at the main lobby of the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City on Tuesday (May 31, 2022). The number symbolizes the average daily death toll in the country caused by tobacco products. (PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.) MANILA - The Philippines has a daily average death of 321 due to tobacco-related diseases, according to the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP). Worldwide, tobacco kills more than 8 million each year, according to the World Health Organization. More than 7 million of those deaths are due to direct use while around 1.2 million are non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke. On Tuesday, an art installation of 321 pair of shoes and slippers that belonged to smoking-related fatalities were displayed at the LCP lobby to mark World No Tobacco Day. It will be open for viewing until June 3. "Every day, 321 Filipinos die because tobacco companies c ....

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