HMC study: Tobacco use prevalent among one in four adults in Qatar
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Doha: The Hamad Medical Corporation Tobacco Control Center, a World Health Organization Collaborating Center (HMC TCC-WHOCC) recently conducted a cross-sectional study entitled ‘Epidemiology of tobacco use in Qatar: Prevalence and its associated factors’ which found the prevalence of tobacco use among adults in Qatar to be 25.2 percent.
The study utilised the same methodology as a study undertaken in 2000 that reported a higher prevalence of tobacco smoking of 36.5 percent in Qatar. The recent Tobacco Control Center study included a mixed nationality sample of 7,921 governmental and semi-governmental employees and university students in Qatar; 58.4% males and 41.6% females.More Related News