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Warning labels disgusting, but effective 

While lung cancer is the most feared condition here, more Singaporeans feel "extremely fearful" when they look at health warning images on cigarette packs.

Almost 40 per cent here felt that way about graphic labels, much higher than the 26 per cent in Scotland, according to a survey of attitudes and awareness toward smoking in both countries.

In this instance, the images were from Australia, so both sets of respondents, less than a quarter of whom in Singapore were current or ex-smokers, were not familiar with them.

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