Passive smoking deaths up 50% since 1990: Lancet
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Current understanding
Current understanding
A Lancet report, as summarized by Times of India, says passive smoking deaths are up 50% since 1990. [1]
The headline presents this as a reported increase rather than a verified independent finding in the brief itself. [1]
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Impact assessment
10/100
Impact assessment
routine human impact
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The strongest evidenced dimension establishes the base score. Separate human-impact dimensions can add a bounded share of the remaining headroom without double-counting the same harm.
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- Reported deathsDeaths reported without a reliable count
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