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• Syrian smokers puff away 600 millions 

15% increase in number of smokers with typical consumer spends 8% of his income on tobacco.
Jump to full article: Middle East Online (uk), 2009-04-06

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Smokers in Syria burn up about 600 million dollars on tobacco and cigarettes each year, despite a ban on advertising and smoking in public, according to statistics published on Monday.

"Smokers annually spend about 26 billion Syrian pounds (600 million dollars)," the state news agency SANA said, quoting a report by an official Syrian tobacco institution.

"Each smoker spends about eight percent of his income to buy 3.6 kilogrammes (about eight pounds) of tobacco," it said.

The number of smokers in the Middle Eastern country has gone up by 15 percent

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