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The Life Scientific

Richard Peto on why smoking kills but quitting saves lives

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Big data pioneer Richard Peto combined evidence of huge clinical trials from cancer to heart disease and showed that taking seriously the causes of the big killers saves lives. Show more

BBC Radio 4 LW

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