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Jump to full article: Asia Pulse, 2008-03-03
Intro: More than 80 percent of Indonesian cigarette smokers in 2007 were less than 19 years old, an expert said.
"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, PhD, dean of the public health school of Hasanuddin University in Makassar said on Monday.
Prof Veni made the remarks on the sidelines of a "Leadership and Management for Tobacco Control" evaluation which was conducted by the Indonesian Tobacco Impact Control Networks here.
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