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By Martin Bagot Cigarettes are the world’s most dangerous consumer product, killing 80,000 people in Britain every year. Medics are demanding a historic phasing out of the only product which, if used as intended, will kill two-thirds of lifelong consumers. Prof Sanjay Agrawal, special adviser at the Royal College of Physicians, called last night’s vote “one of the most monumental health interventions in decades”. Prof Lion Shahab, from University College London, said: “By creating a product that is both highly addictive and deadly, the tobacco industry has caused untold misery.” The link betwe…