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Over 30 per cent of Kazakhs smoke, health campaign launched 

Jump to full article: Brown & Williamson Industry Watch, 2000-04-10
Author: Source: BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union - Economic Publication date: 2000-04-09

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In all, 3.2m people or 32.9 per cent of the total (15m) population of the republic smoke tobacco in Kazakhstan, an Interfax-Kazakhstan agency correspondent reported, quoting statistics circulated today by the national centre for promoting a healthy lifestyle.

According to the centre, almost 40 per cent of smokers are between 20 and 40 years old.

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