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Curbing Young From Picking Up Smoking Habit  

There is no conclusive evidence to show the prevalence of schoolchildren attempting to smoke cigarettes in the sultanate, based on a study the results of which were presented at a conference yesterday.

However, the study entitled "An Evaluation of the impact of Anti-Smoking Initiatives in School Health Promoting Programme among Primary Schools in Brunei Darussalam" involved only seven government schools.

Nonetheless, Nik Ani Afiqah Tuah, a lecturer of Universiti Brunei Darussalam who presented the study at the Medical Science Conference, stressed the need for increased attention on preventing primary schoolchildren from picking up the habit of smoking.

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