Cigarettes are sold at a store in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. A confidential long-term agreement between the Laotian government and tobacco giant Imperial Brands has kept cigarettes cheap. Credit: ...
VIENTIANE (Bernama): More than 6,000 people in Laos die annually from tobacco-related diseases, resulting in economic losses exceeding 3.6 billion Lao kip (some US$1.6 million), health officials said.