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Jump to full article: Yemen Observer (ye), 2009-05-31
Intro: Yemen ranks the second in the Arab World in the number of smokers after Tunisia according to a study conducted by World Health Organization (WHO) issued in May 2009. In Yemen also the number of students has increased and that 1.14 % from students of primary education in Yemen aged 13-15 smokes and 40 % are subject to passive smoking stated a Field survey conducted by Anti-Smoking program.
Yemenis smoke 604 billion cigarettes per year, said a new official research issued last year on the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day. According to the study conducted by the National Program for Combating Smoking, Yemenis smoke 604 billion cigarettes with a total cost of YR 21.5 billion.
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