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Smoking rates among adults and youth in Alberta are now the lowest on record and have exceeded all targets.
Almost 400,000 Albertans continue to smoke, and tobacco use kills more than 4,000 residents annually .
Alberta government will receive $3 billion from its 13-year legal battle with tobacco companies to recover past health-care costs resulting from industry negligence.
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