Fact sheet for world no tobacco day 2010

[Addictive PM Hun Xen....?] In Cambodia, according to a nationwide survey in 2005, 17 percent of women and 1 percent of men chewed tobacco.

Sun, 06/20/2010
The Jakarta Post

The World Health Organization (WHO) called on countries to protect women and girls from efforts by the tobacco industry to induce them to start smoking.

The organization released data that smoking and chewing of tobacco among women and girls is increasing in Asia and the Pacific. It is estimated that more than 8 percent of girls between 13 and 15 years of age, or around 4.5 million girls, are using tobacco products.

In observation of World No Tobacco Day this year, WHO called for comprehensive bans on advertising, promotion and sponsorship to protect women and girls from deceptive messages that portray smoking as glamorous or fashionable.

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