Tobacco use is quite high in our country, among the adult population according to the latest data, about 25.5% are daily smokers, of which about 53% are men and about 2% are women. Mariam Mnatsakanyan, head of the public health department of the RA Ministry of Health, mentioned this during a press conference today, October 12. "According to the results of the latest survey, we see that tobacco use remains quite high among children, approximately 25% among boys and about 4% among girls. We now have new challenges: the use of electronic cigarettes. Among children, their use is even higher, with approximately 36% of boys and about 6% of girls having ever tried it. We are talking about 15-year-olds. We already have children who start smoking at the age of 11, but mostly among 13-year-old children, about 5% use cigarettes. It is approximately the same percentage in the countries of the European region. on average, 33-34% of children use electronic toys," he said.