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· UAE: Abu Dhabi
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Jump to full article: Gulf News (ae), 2003-11-12
Author: Nadim Kawach, Bureau Chief
Intro: Authorities have recruited schoolchildren as undercover agents to trap shops that are illegally selling cigarettes to youngsters.
Four shops in different parts of the city have already been shut down as the teenage spies, posing as keen smokers, successfully bought tobacco from them.
The students were recruited by Abu Dhabi Municipality to reinforce its campaign banning sales of tobacco products to minors.
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