KOTA KINABALU: Teenagers in Sabah are taking up smoking at alarmingly high rate and some are having sex as early as the age of 10.
A research by health officials among suburban teenagers in Telipok near here found that 30.3 % admitted to being regular smokers, which is double the national average of 16% and above the global average of 20%.
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