At 15 years old, 68% of the boys and 16 of the girls are smokers? It's sickening! where are their parents? These guys become addicted and many will have lung cancer when they grow up.
What do you expect when the leaders are too busy making money, while the young people have no proper guidance and supervision. They end up loosing ground and looking for drugs and cigarettes as a way out. It's sad!
I don't believe that Laos is No:1, It would be some mistake during collecting statistic because statistic collecting system of Laos is very poor. If we compare with our eye and habit of people, I think that Group of Muslim Countries Gould be ahead such as: Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia. After that should be Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand. For Laos, Cambodia, Mynmar would be equally. If China in the list, he should be No:1.