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'Aids cutting Swazi smoking' 

Jump to full article: News24 (za), 2004-04-08
Author: James Hall

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- It may be a dim silver lining to a particularly dark cloud, but one apparent result of the Aids pandemic in Swaziland is that fewer people there are smoking.

John Kunene of health ministry said: "When people learn they are HIV-positive, they are counselled to live a healthy lifestyle to prolong their lives.

"The shock that they may die prematurely of Aids is just the type of trauma that gets people to stop smoking."

Although the Council on Smoking, Alcohol and Drugs (Cosad) has no statistics on the reported decline, it says there is plenty of anecdotal evidence to buttress the claim.

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