The World Health Organization calls smoking "one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced."
The U.N.-affiliated organization says 5.4 million people die from tobacco use every year, and it is the cause of death of one in 10 adults.
Japan may have one of the highest life expectancies in the world, but the nation is also a major consumer of cigarettes.
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