Smoking in Dubai may cause loss of child custody

Smoking Saudi parents may lose custody of their children after divorce in the kingdom, the world’s fourth largest cigarette importer, with the country’s courts considering smoking a determinig factor in such cases. Courts in the kingdom nation could side with non-smoking parents, to protect the child from the negative impact of passive smoking, the Arab News reported. In July, a judge in the country ruled that women suffering from passive smoke, as a result of their husbands’ smoking habits, could file for divorce.