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• Cambodian men, women smoke too much: WHO 

Cambodia's men and women have the dubious distinction of being the heaviest smokers among five Southeast Asian countries surveyed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Xinhua says.

Fifty-four percent of Cambodian men surveyed said they smoked, compared to 53 percent in Indonesia, 50 percent in Vietnam, 49 percent in Malaysia and 39 percent in Thailand, The Cambodia Daily reported Thursday, citing the WHO report.

Cambodia's women also smoked the most, but at a lower overall rate. Six percent of Cambodian women said they smoked, compared to four percent in Indonesia, three percent in Malaysia and Vietnam and two percent in Thailand.

"Compared to other countries in the region, Cambodia is the most open for tobacco ads," WHO's Yel Daravuth said.

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