50% of Zim public spaces smoke-free

LATEST statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) show that smoke-free environments in Zimbabwe are moderately between 30% and 50% of all public spaces.

This is contained in the latest WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, launched on Thursday and seeks to monitor tobacco use and prevention policies across the globe.

The report ranks Zimbabwe in the moderate region of smoke free zones of three to five out of ten citing availability and levels of adherence to smoke free policies as a possible reason for this.

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