What Other Arab Countries Can Learn from Saudi Arabia's Fight Against Tobacco Use

Arabic News
Jul 24, 2022

What Other Arab Countries Can Learn from Saudi Arabia's Fight Against Tobacco Use


  • Health officials say the Kingdom has witnessed a drop in smoking largely due to higher taxes on cigarettes
  • The Saudi Committee for Combating Tobacco wants to reduce the percentage of daily smokers to 5% by 2030

DUBAI: Tobacco use remains a serious health concern in countries across the Middle East and North Africa, which have some of the highest proportions of smokers in the world.

Despite this high prevalence of tobacco use in the region, policies introduced by Saudi authorities appear to have resulted in significant reductions in the number of smokers in the country,

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