Today is the final day of the International Society of Addiction Medicine conference in Abu Dhabi. This weekend, a UAE University study presented at a panel showed that 8.5 per cent of almost 1,200 Arab pupils aged between 12 and 14 years old are smokers.
> Children in UAE as young as nine smoking: study
Dubai plans to create a Dh2.7 billion e-commerce free zone close to Dubai International Airport to tap the Arabian Gulf region’s e-commerce market, which is forecast to quadruple to 20billion US dollars by 2020.
> Dubai to create Dh2.7bn e-commerce free zone
Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, Minister of State for Tolerance, is the latest member of the UAE's royal families to answer the call from Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, to join a fitness movement.
