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A study published in The Lancet's eClinicalMedicine journal reveals that over 1.3 million lives are lost annually due to tobacco-related cancers across seven countries, including India. The study, conducted by researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), and Kings College London, analyzed the impact of preventable risk factors such as smoking, alcohol, obesity, and human papillomavirus (HPV) infections on cancer deaths.

Every year 1.3 million lives are lost to cancers caused by smoking tobacco across the UK, US and BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), according to a new study, funded by Cancer Research UK.

<p>Every year 1.3 million lives are lost to cancers caused by smoking tobacco across the UK, US and BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), according to a new study, funded by Cancer Research UK.&nbsp;</p> <p>Researchers found that together, the seven countries represented more than half of the global burden of cancer deaths every year. They concluded that smoking, as well as three other preventable risk factors &ndash; alcohol, overweight or obesity, and human papillomavirus (HPV) infections caused almost 2 million deaths combined.&nbsp;<...

By Kate Pickles, Daily Mail health editor

A Brit with cancer can now expect to lose more years of life than in the 1980s new data suggests but cancer experts have revealed the dire sounding statistic isn't all that it seems.