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• Saudi Arabia to curb 'e-cigarettes'  

The ministries of trade and industry and health as well as various authorities concerned in Saudi Arabia are studying ways to curb the entry of banned electronic cigarette devices, also known as "e-cigarettes", into the kingdom.

The move comes after the issuance of a warning on the use of these devices by the US Food and Drug Administration, . . .

Advertisers and marketers of the device have been falsely claiming that it is a successful method to quit smoking, and have sometimes used the World Health Organisation's logo on the devices' packs.

Saudi Arabia is one of the leading countries that have banned the sale of "e-cigarettes" because of the harm the devices cause.

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