Lighting up at age eight
- survey finds smokers starting younger than ever
Thursday, May 25th 2006
The age at which people start smoking in Guyana has lowered, with children as young as eight years old joining the ranks, a recent survey said.
According to the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), which released the results of data that was collected from Guyana in 2004, early initiation of tobacco use has emerged. The survey addressed the issue of health promotion awareness programmes being included in school curricula at both the secondary and primary levels.
Students at some secondary schools are currently benefiting from such programmes, but as the survey showed many of them are still to say no to tobacco because the overall percentage of young smokers has increased within the last few years.
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