Jump to full article: Gulf Daily News (bh), 2008-06-01
Author: REBECCA TORR
Intro: AS many as one in four adults in Bahrain smoke despite efforts to highlight health risks in anti-tobacco awareness campaigns, health studies have revealed.
The latest Health Ministry survey on chronic diseases found 24 per cent of people aged between 19 and 65 were smokers.
Another found 14.6pc of people aged between 20 and 64 were smokers, with the highest group of 20pc aged between 20 and 29.
An earlier study in 2002 showed that 33 per cent of those aged from 13 to 18 had tried smoking.
Health Minister Dr Faisal Al Hamer yesterday announced that 8.4pc of people aged 20 to 64 smoked sheesha. The largest group smoking sheesha was 12.4pc and they were aged between 20 and 29. . . .
The World Health Organisation is calling for a total ban on tobacco advertising," he added.
Meanwhile, American Mission Hospital (AMH) anti-smoking clinic head and general practitioner Dr Babu Ramachandran said he was worried about the increasing number of youth, especially girls who were taking up the habit.
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