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Intro: - A study conducted by the American University of Beirut in collaboration with the World Health Organization, showed that more than 60 percent of Lebanese teenagers are smokers.
The 2005 study found that more than 80 percent of youths, aged between 13 and 15, who are current smokers use the nargileh water pipe, towards which parents tend to tolerate more than cigarette smoking. . . .
"The increasing trend of nargileh use among young people is alarming, and rapid action is needed," said Dr. Rima Afifi-Soweid, who conducted the study in collaboration with researchers at the WHO.
According to Dr. Afifi-Soweid, kids who promise their parents that they will not smoke are much more likely to fulfill their commitment than those who do not.
"That's an easy and cheap intervention we could encourage," she said at a recent symposium on smoking held at Issam Fares Hall.
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