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Egypt's government has announced its decision to ban smoking cigarettes and shisha (also known as argilleh or hookah) from all public spaces. According to Egypt's Minister of Health Adel El-Adawi, the decision to ban all forms of tobacco in public as the burden on the state through health costs associated with smoking have risen to an all-time high. With 30 percent (or 27 million) of Egypt's population currently using tobacco products and 50 percent of Egypt's 90 million people exposed to second-hand…