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• Smoking ban vital for youth, say doctors 

Jump to full article: The National Newspaper (ae), 2009-11-30
Author: Mitya Underwood

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The UAE needs a national smoking ban, for the sake of young people's health - and soon, several leading doctors have said.

"We need legislation, education and taxation" on tobacco products, said Dr Wael al Mahmeed, head of the Emirates Cardiac Society.

"If the price is increased it would cut the number of very young smokers.

"There is evidence which links the risk of heart attack to the amount of tobacco someone smokes, so stopping smoking at any time will reduce the risk."

A federal law banning smoking in public places was drafted in 2006 by the Ministry of Health, but has yet to be implemented.

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