Over Fifth of Population are Smokers, Says Statistics Bureau
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RAMALLAH, May 30, 2012 (WAFA) – A new survey by the Palestinian Central
Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) showed that 22.5% of individuals age 18 years
and up in the Palestinian Territory were smokers in 2010, divided into 26.9%
in the West Bank and 14.6% in the Gaza Strip, a joint press release by PCBS
and Ministry of Health said Wednesday.

Celebrating International Day of Giving up Smoking (No Tobacco Day), the
PCBS said percentage of male smokers at the age between 15 to 65 years in
the Palestinian Territory reached 37.6% against 2.6% of female smokers,
distributed into 43.6% male and 4% female in the West Bank, in comparison to
26.9% male and 0.2% female in Gaza Strip.

The Ministry of Health said lung cancer caused from smoking was the second
cause of cancer-related deaths in the Palestinian Territory.

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