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This publication highlights the trends in five important variables of tobacco usage and exposure among school students (13–15 years) across the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The variable are: current users of cigarettes; current users of other tobacco products besides cigarettes; never smokers who are susceptible to start smoking; and exposure to second-hand smoke at home and in public places.

This information has been generated from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey; a school-based survey designed to enhance the capacity of countries to monitor tobacco use among youth and to guide the implementation and evaluation of tobacco prevention and control programmes.