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Moroccan groups target teen tobacco, drug use 

Moroccan non-governmental organisations have come together to address the issue of tobacco and drug addiction among young people. Still, no progress can be made unless families play their part in the lives of their children. . . .

"A friend offered me my first cigarette and I soon got hooked. When I realised my parents didn't know what I was doing, I carried on until one day a teacher who was a member of an organisation saved me by giving me advice and support for several weeks," he said.

He is not the only young person to speak publicly about his bad experience. Other youngsters, including girls, have told their friends and teachers of their misadventures and the role civil society campaigners had in helping them.

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