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Govt strives to make Haj tobacco free

Source: Arab News
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia | about 1 month ago  
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He added that the brochures are available in languages such as Arabic, English, French, Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Indonesian and Swahili. �We require the cooperation of pilgrims to make the two holy cities among those with the lowest tobacco consumption in the world,� he said, adding that the area...
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