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Too many teens smoking 

SMOKING IS ON THE RISE in Barbados, particularly among young people - especially teenage girls.

A recent study by Dr Anthony Lewegaba of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, revealed that about 36 per cent of youth had tried smoking cigarettes.

That statistic, more than tripled the number of adult Barbadians who smoked, which was estimated at ten per cent.

Lewegaba divulged those figures yesterday at the official launch of the Barbados Coalition for Tobacco Control, at the Insurance Corporation of Barbados (ICB), Roebuck Street, St Michael.

Lewegaba, who is also one of the directors of the coalition, said it was one of the reasons the thrust of the campaign for a smoke-free Barbados should be geared towards young people.

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