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  1. The list of the EU28 countries is shown in the legend to Fig. 1.

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This research is supported by the grants from the Disease Control Priorities 3, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the US National Institutes of Health.

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Jha, P. The 21st century benefits of smoking cessation in Europe. Eur J Epidemiol 28, 617–619 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-013-9835-6

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