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European Union launches union-wide anti-smoking campaign 

THE EUROPEAN Union has launched a massive anti-smoking campaign worth ?72 million. The campaign, entitled "Help: For a Life Without Tobacco", primarily targets adolescents and young adults.

At a campaign stop in Slovakia on March 31, EU officials said they would tour all 25-member states to present the new campaign. The goal is to encourage people to quit smoking and to prevent non-smokers from lighting up.

"It is easy to take up smoking but hard to quit. It is important to deliver the message that a cigarette in hand is not the sign of a modern man," Eric van der Linden, the European Commission's representative in Slovakia, told a press conference.

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