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22 people died daily of smoking-related ills (AP)

MILWAUKEE � Smoking-related diseases took more than 8,000 lives in Wisconsin during 2004, or more than 22 per day, according to a report released Monday.

Tobacco caused 81 percent of all lung cancer deaths and 15 percent of all heart disease deaths in the state, according to the report by the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center and the American Cancer Societ