| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
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| International: Middle East and Northern Africa |
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| The gross domestic product of Egypt in 1992 was $33.6 billion. Worldwide Philip |
| Morris sales that year were $50.2 billion. |
| World Watch, July-August 1996, p. 39 |
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| Egypt's highest Muslim authority has declared it unlawful for poor people to smoke if |
| they cannot afford to feed their families. |
| Tobacco Free Youth Reporter, Spring 1995 |
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| Muslims who were found smoking in Arab countries during February could be thrown |
| in jail. The faithful observed a month-long fast from dawn to dusk following the law of |
| Ramadan that banned smoking. |
| Tobacco Free Youth Reporter, Spring 1995 |
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| In a survey from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 31% of male secondary students ages 18 and |
| 19 were smokers. |
| Tobacco Control, Spring 1996, p. 26 |
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| In Kuwait, 65% of high school teachers smoke, as do 50% of their students (including |
| 37% of girls). 58% of Kuwaiti dentists are smokers. |
| Tobacco and Health, p. 462 |
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| 51% of doctors in Jordan are smokers, including the director of the government's |
| antismoking program as well as the Jordan Health Ministry's chest disease specialist. |
| 27% of Jordan's 10th graders and 45% of university students are smokers, and King |
| Hussein smokes an American brand in public. |
| Los Angeles Times, August, 3, 1988 |
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