Kuwaitis spend around USD 185 million annually on smoking, a news report has said quoting health officials.
"Smokers in Kuwait have reached three percent of the country's population and the health ministry is well-aware of smoking hazards and is working on combating the bad habit and its consequences," Yousuf Al Nisf, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health Affairs was quoted by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) as saying.
He said Kuwaiti citizens spend around USD 185 million annually on smoking.
"The ministry's celebration of the event is not limited to pinpoint challenges, but also focuses on terminating the smoking phenomenon as a whole," Al Nisf said in his remarks on the occasion of the 'World No Tobacco Day'.
World No Tobacco Day, observed around the world on May 31, is meant to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption across the globe. (PNA/PTI)
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