Jump to full article: Gulf Daily News (bh), 2008-05-26
Author: MANDEEP SINGH
Intro: ONE in every four male students in Bahrain's secondary schools is a smoker, it emerged yesterday.
This is compared to one in every five students who smoked only a few years ago, said Bahrain Anti-Smoking Society head Dr Mariam Al Jalahma.
"The results of the recent survey confirms that the number of smokers in schools is increasing all the time," she said.
Dr Al Jalahma was speaking ahead of the World No Smoking Day being marked in Bahrain on Saturday under the theme Tobacco Free Youth.
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