Central Java is a province of Indonesia. This province is located in the middle of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. Terraced hillslopes are familiar features of the landscape. Thousands of people in Indonesia are working in hazardous conditions on tobacco farms. The work leaves lasting consequences on their health and development is associated with mood disorders and problems with memory, attention, impulse control, and cognition later in life.

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Smoking is a global problem. Common fact about smoking is that it can cause not only lung cancer, but it can also cause many other diseases and illnesses like heart disease and stroke. Cigarettes contain arsenic, formaldehyde, lead, hydrogen cyanide, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, ammonia and other known carcinogens. Research declares that smoking reduces life expectancy by seven to eight years. Worldwide, tobacco use causes more than 5 million deaths per year. The tobacco industry is one of the biggest in the world market. The American brands Marlboro, Kool, Camel and Kent own roughly 70% of the global cigarette market. 10 million cigarettes are sold every minute, that’s around 15 billion daily.

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