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. 2017 Sep 1;7:194. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00194

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Copyright © 2017 Rahal, El Nemr, Sinjab, Chami, Tfayli and Kadara.

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Gender-specific smoking prevalence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and Lebanon. Upper panel: Projected smoking prevalence of any tobacco product for 2020 in the MENA region, expressed as percentage of smokers aged ≥15 years across each gender. Lebanon exhibits the highest smoking prevalence among females, and the fourth highest among males. Lower panel: Trend in smoking prevalence of any tobacco product in Lebanon, expressed as gender-specific percentage of smokers aged ≥15 years, accompanied by water-pipe prevalence (2009), as well as lung cancer incidence projected for 2020. Data schematically presented here were obtained from WHO Global Health Observatory Data Repository by country, (45) and (46).