Tobacco research

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health said on Sunday that work was starting on local research linked to the World Health Organization’s Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), according to a story in Asharq Al-Awsat quoting the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

The research is being carried out by the Ministry in co-operation with the General Authority for Statistics under the supervision of the WHO and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The research will cover 12,800 households and will survey adults 15 years of age and older.

According to the SPA, the research is the first of its kind to have been conducted in the Kingdom.

The aim of the research is to determine the level of tobacco use among adults and assess the interventions that might be used for combating it.