Children as Young as 12 Found to be Addicted to Tobacco Products in Nepal

Kathmandu. Addiction to tobacco products has been found even in children. On the occasion of 'World No Tobacco Day' today, information was given at a program organized by the Department of Health Services here that children under 12 years of age studying in schools are also found to be smoking cigarettes.

Researcher Kusum Shahi of the Nepal Health Research Council informed that the study was conducted on three thousand children studying in grades 7 to 10 in 50 schools in all seven provinces, presenting the study report.