Kuwait City – An overall proportion of 2.7 per cent (2.7%) of Kuwaiti students smoke cigarettes, e-cigarettes and the likes - 3.1% males and 2.3% among females,
The Ministry of Health released the official statistics as Kuwait joined the other countries to mark the UN “World No Tobacco Day”, which falls on May 31 every year.
The statistics indicate that the rate of smoking in Kuwaiti increased to 39.2 percent among male citizens and 3.3 percent among female citizens. The study confirmed that 16.7 percent of students between the ages of 13 to 15 years at public schools smoke.
Kuwaiti citizens start smoking at age 17, while females start at age 21. Male smokers smoke 20 cigarettes daily, while female smokers smoke eight cigarettes a day.