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Smokers Make up 70 Percent of Bosnia's Muslim-Croat Population 

About 70 percent of the population in Bosnia's Muslim-Croat federation smokes cigarettes, . . said Ajnija Omanic, head of the Muslim-Croat federation's institute for public health

Ten percent of the federation's teenagers and three percent of children under ten years of age smoke, she said.

Omanic also said that the low price of cigarettes, television and radio advertising campaigns, along with a general lack of awareness of the health hazards of smoking, contributed to such a high level of tobacco consumption.

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