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New website promotes non-smoking campaign 

Jump to full article: Vietnews - Tuoi Tre Newspaper (vn), 2010-03-12

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A website promoting non-smoking campaign was launched on Thursday at www.clickkhongthuocla.vn.

According to Ha Anh Tuan, ambassador of the Vietnam Steering Committee on Smoking and Health (VINACOSH), the website is expected to inform young people, especially students, of the harms of smoking.

Luong Ngoc Khue, the Health Ministry’s Therapy Department chief, said Vietnam had one of the highest smoking rates in the world, with 56.1 percent of men and 1.8 percent of women being active smokers.

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