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This policy encourages a continuous expansion of the sector: today there are at least ten factories producing cigarettes in the Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone[129], 45 kilometres south of Dubai these factories turn over billions and have become the countrys fourth largest export commodity, after oil, gold and aluminium[130]

Cigarette smoking has been on a steady decline since the late 1990s, but rates remain higher in certain rural communities, and in urban neighborhoods among minorities and people of color

Although such surcharges can be allowed under ERISA rules, they must meet certain standards, including allowing participants to eliminate the surcharge by completing a smoking cessation program

It is also linked to diseases like heart disease and atherosclerosis