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 ROME — Pope Francis is ending one of the less healthful perks of life in the Vatican: cheap cigarettes. 
  
 Selling discounted tobacco to employees and pensioners, without the increasingly stringent taxes imposed in surrounding Italy, has long been a source of revenue for the tiny Vatican City State. Many people in Rome have bought cigarettes through acquaintances at the Vatican. 
  
 But cigarette sales will be banned from next year, a Vatican spokesman announced on Thursday. 
  
 “The Holy See cannot contribute to an activity that clearly damages the health of people,” the spokesman, Greg Burke, said in a statement, citing World Health Organization figures that smoking causes seven million deaths a year. 
  
 The sales had been profitable for the Vatican, he said, but “no profit can be legitimate if it puts lives at risk.” 
  
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 Cigarettes were sold through duty-free shops reserved for employees and citizens of Vatican City. According to a 2015 book based on leaked Vatican documents, cardinals were entitled to a discount on up to 200 packs a month. The Vatican said employees could purchase a maximum of 50 packs a month. 
  
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 On Thursday, Francis also approved a step toward sainthood for Pope John Paul I, who died in 1978 only 33 days into his papacy. ||||| Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The duty-free sales to staff and retired workers raise revenue for the Vatican 
  
 Pope Francis has ordered a ban on the sale of cigarettes inside the Vatican, beginning next year. 
  
 Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said the Holy See could not co-operate with a practice that clearly harmed people's health. 
  
 About 5,000 employees and retired staff of the Vatican are currently allowed to buy discounted cigarettes. 
  
 The sales are estimated to bring in millions of euros every year to the Vatican. 
  
 But Mr Burke said no amount of profit could be legitimate if it was costing people their lives. 
  
 He cited World Health Organization figures that blame smoking for more than seven million deaths worldwide every year . 
  
 "I think many people enjoyed it as sort of a fringe benefit," he said. 
  
 "It comes as a bit of a sacrifice for the Holy See, this was a source of revenue, but it's obviously much more important to do what is right." 
  
 Pope Francis, who had a lung removed as a teenager, does not smoke. 
  
 Vatican staff and pensioners are permitted to buy five cartons of cigarettes every month from a duty-free shop, housed in a former railway station, which is only open to those with a special pass. 
  
 Correspondents say many non-smokers inside the Vatican are asked by friends outside to buy cigarettes for them because they are cheaper than in Italy where they are heavily taxed. |||||
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It turns out salvation wasn't the only thing people were looking to the Vatican for. The New York Times reports many Italians get their cigarettes through acquaintances at the Vatican, where employees and citizens have access to tax-free smokes. But no longer. According to the BBC, Pope Francis has banned the sale of cigarettes inside the Vatican beginning next year. It's been reported cardinals could buy up to 200 tax-free packs per month, while the Vatican states employees could only get 50, and it's estimated the sale of cigarettes earned the Vatican millions of euros annually. "It comes as a bit of a sacrifice for the Holy See, this was a source of revenue, but it's obviously much more important to do what is right," says Vatican spokesperson Greg Burke, who cites WHO stats showing smoking accounts for more than 7 million global deaths every year. "No profit can be legitimate if it puts lives at risk," Burke says.