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NE tops in tobacco abuse by minors
The Telegraph | Rajiv Konwar | Guwahati, Nov 24
The percentage of minors in the Northeast using tobacco is much higher than the national average, says the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS 2) 2016-17 released by the Union health ministry here on Friday.
The report says while the percentage of minors using tobacco in the country is 4.4, it is as high as 27 per cent in Mizoram, 25 in Arunachal, 12.6 in Meghalaya, 11.6 in Tripura, 11.3 in Nagaland, 9.1 in Assam and 9 in Manipur
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