S'pore to reward nicotine quitters<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE (AFP): A year after launching a visually shocking
\ncampaign featuring blood clots in the brain and fatty heart
\ndeposits, Singapore is switching to incentives to get its
\npopulation to quit smoking.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, anti-smoking advocates launched a contest
\noffering smokers in Singapore who successfully kick the habit a
\nchance to win round-trip tickets for two to London, Sydney or
\nHong Kong, plus cash.<\/p>\n
The contest is part of an international event organized by the
\nWorld Health Organization, which expects more than one million
\nsmokers in 80 countries to participate, said Alex Chan, chairman
\nof the Committee on Smoking Control.<\/p>\n
Singapore has one of the lowest rates of smoking in Asia but
\nhealth groups are stepping up their campaign, said the anti-
\ntobacco advocates, noting that it took 14 years for Singapore's
\nsmoking rate to fall from 20 percent in 1984 to 15 percent in
\n1998.<\/p>",
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