SKorea elementary pupils in anti-smoking drive 

Officials in South Korea's capital will target children as young as seven for anti-smoking education and offer acupuncture to help them quit, authorities announced.

The Seoul city government's education office said it has included 24 elementary schools, covering ages 7-12, for the first time in its annual anti-smoking programme.

"It aims to better cope with the worsening smoking problem which damages the health of more students and younger students," Kim Seung-Chan, spokesman for the office, told AFP.

The programme from May to November will also cover 40 middle and 16 high schools

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