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Tobacco tax drive to help youths quit 

Spending 10 percent of the extra revenue from a doubling of the tobacco tax in Wednesday's budget speech on education would help youths quit smoking, the Committee on Youth Smoking Prevention said yesterday.

A survey conducted jointly by the committee and the Chinese University's Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies in December showed nine out of 10 respondents thought there is "an urgent" need to conduct anti-youth smoking campaigns.

Tik Chi-yuen, the committee chairman, said doubling the tax would provide more resources for the campaigns.

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