The bad effects of smoking 

She sat in the conference hall earnestly reading Quit for Life (or Q4L), the smoker's guide to throwing away tobacco for life. She had been among the early comers to the Environmental Health Unit's anti-smoking classes. . .

"Most smokers are aware of the health effects, but most continue because they are trapped in the habit," said Bontle Mbongwe who heads Ministry of Health's (MoH) Environmental Health Unit (EHU). She says her department is aware that hundreds of people want to stop smoking, but lack advice and a caring atmosphere that go hand in hand with quitting.

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