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The Turks spent on cigarettes is equivalent to build 10 nuclear plants

The Government bans the sale of cigarettes long Ankara, Anatolia official data showed that the value of what he spent on tobacco over the past 10 years, 257 billion Turkish Liras (about 89 billion u.s. dollars), saying it "would suffice to build 10 nuclear plants. Figures revealed on "tobacco and alcohol market regulatory authority" (Government), the Turks consumed about 1.416 trillion cigarette, over the past 10 years, totaling 89 billion dollars. According to the Commission, this large amount can be allowed to Turkey funding the weakening giant infrastructure projects undertaken in the last few years, such as financing the construction of 56 projects similar to "overpass Sultan Selim I", i... [Read more]

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