Mexican Women are Second in Consumption of Snuff
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May 30, 2012
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A participant of the Snuff World Championships competes in Oberlauterbach, Bavaria. (AP/Annette Zoepf)

The rector of the University Center of Health Sciences at the University of Guadalajara, Hector Raul Perez Gomez said that Mexican women are the second in the world consumption of snuff.

As part of the commemoration of World No Snuff today, Gomez said that for years the companies have hidden data and damages suffered by the population of this habit.

Gomez noted that smoking is an epidemic that is the leading cause of preventable death in the world, with five million people a year dying of snuff.

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