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MEXICO CITY (AP) - The government teamed up with doctors, academics and a U.S.-based drug company Wednesday to announce a campaign to reduce the number of smokers in Mexico by more than 10 percent in three years.
The newly formed National Alliance Against Tobacco Addiction also urged Congress to pass a new tax on cigarettes proposed by President Felipe Calderon.
About 13 percent of Mexico's population, or 14 million people, smoke, and 122 people die each day from tobacco-related illnesses, according to government statistics.
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