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Jump to full article: Khaleej Times (ae), 2008-05-30
Author: Asma Ali Zain
Intro: DUBAI -- The rate of smoking is increasing in all GCC countries due to the absence of an anti-tobacco law, said a senior health official yesterday.
Dr Abdullah Al Badah, Supervisor-General, Tobacco Control Programme for the AGCC for Saudi Arabia, revealing details of the recently carried out Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), said that 80 per cent of the youth in the GCC favour a blanket ban on smoking while shisha was the most preferred form of tobacco.
The UAE GYTS on youth aged between 13 and15 years, includes data on prevalence of cigarette and other tobacco use as well as information on five determinants of tobacco use: access/availability and price, environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETS), cessation, media and advertising, and school curriculum.
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