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Narace: More children smoking 

Jump to full article: Trinidad Express (tt), 2009-06-15
Author: Rohandra John rohjohn@trinidadexpress.com

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Scores of school children are puffing their lives away and seem to be oblivious to the dangers of smoking.

Health Minister Jerry Narace said on Friday that Trinidad and Tobago had the fourth highest prevalence of smoking in the region among school children between the ages of 13 and 15 years.

Narace expressed concern over the high prevalence of cigarette smoking among the nation's youths in an address at the World No Tobacco Day Awards Ceremony hosted at the Ministry of Health's head office in Port of Spain.

An award was presented to the Trinidad and Tobago National Tobacco Control Committee by the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) in recognition of its work in the fight against smoking.

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