Shopkeepers caught selling without a license will face fines of up to 2,500 ($3,300) and could have their licenses revoked in "serious cases" that haven't yet been defined
Societe Nationale dExploitation Industrielle des Tabacs et Allumettes (SEITA), the French state-owned tobacco monopoly, began selling packs with warning labels on the pack front (in English and in Arabic) to all Gulf markets
According to global health data, nearly 40 million children aged 1315 already use at least one form of tobacco product
A single measurement in adulthood is often sufficient
The Ministry of Health stated that the measure underscores the governments commitment to protecting youth from tobacco-related harm and advancing national health goals, in line with the World Health Organisations tobacco control framework.
That jump is unprecedented in the past 50 years