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Wee Smoking is Bad for You - Minister Tells Youth  

Jump to full article: All-Africa.com, 2007-01-09
Author: Accra Mail (Accra)

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Mr. Kwaku Agyemang Manu, Deputy Minister of Interior, has expressed regret about the upsurge of wee smoking among the youth at Dormaa Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo Region and called for immediate steps to arrest the situation.

He said any further delay in eliminating the practice would only lead many of the youths to psychiatric hospitals.

Mr. Manu made the call when he organized an end-of-year get-together for heads of department and members of the press at Dormaa-Ahenkro.

He identified a spot near the Methodist chapel building in the town, where he said the youths, both boys and girls, besieged daily to indulge in the practice.

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