Thursday, 6 September 2012

Survey finds 61pc school children using addictive stuff

KARACHI, Sept 4: A non-governmental organisation working for better child health has found that 61 per cent of the students of the schools in the city it has surveyed were addicted to sweet and scented betel nuts (chhalia), betel leaves, gutka, cigarettes and shisha.

A senior person heading the survey meant to find addicted school-goers, said the children, aged from four to 16, belonged to both low- and high-income group backgrounds, studying in both government and private schools. The

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