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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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