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Smoking in Tunisia: One Teenager in Five Smokes

From La Presse · () French

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  • A 2024 study found that one in five Tunisian adolescents aged 13 to 15 regularly uses a tobacco product or smoking device.
  • The study was conducted by the WHO office in Tunisia in cooperation with the Health Ministry, which described the figures as alarming.

One in five Tunisian teenagers aged 13 to 15 regularly consumes a tobacco product or uses a smoking device, according to a 2024 study.

The research was carried out by the World Health Organization’s office in Tunisia together with the country’s Health Ministry. The figures were described as “alarming.”

alarming

· The study’s presentersThe figures on tobacco and smoking-device use among Tunisian adolescents were characterized as alarming.
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