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Jump to full article: People's Daily (cn), 2008-03-04
Author: Source: Xinhua
Intro: The number of Indonesia's young smokers continues to increase and more than 80 percent of cigarette smokers in 2007 were less than 19 years old, Antara news agency quoted an expert as saying on Tuesday.
"In accordance with data issued by Indonesia Tobacco Control Network (ITCN), the proportion of young smokers continues to increase, followed by even younger smokers of 5-9 yeas old in which the percentage was up from 0.4 percent in 2001 to 1.8 percent in 2004," Prof. Dr Veni Hadju, dean of the public health school of Hasanuddin University, was quoted by Antara as saying.
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